Vacant Positions
Introducing This Page
Find listed below all current position vacancies. If any of the offered vacancies interests you, we would love to hear from you.
Listing of Vacant Positions
Quick Links
Use the following links to quickly jump to the category that interests you.
The West Coast DHB offers challenging and interesting work in a supportive environment with competitive remuneration, flexible working hours and opportunity and encouragement for internal and external training.
Job Application Form
Application for Employment Form
[PDF document - 522 KB]
Use the above link to download the application form, then use it to apply for any positions that interest you. (see 'How to Apply' section on this page).
Nursing
Other
Senior Medical Officers - including GPs
TE POARI HAUORA A ROHE O TAI POUTINI
The West Coast District Health Board is committed to the Principles of Equal Employment Opportunities and to the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
How To Apply
Interested?
We would love to hear from you!
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Download the Application for Employment Form
If no link to this form exists under the vacancy that interests you simply use the 'Application for Employment Form' link below this message.Job Application Form
Application for Employment Form
[PDF document - 522 KB]Use the above link to download the application form, then use it to apply for any positions that interest you. (more instructions on how to apply are provided below).
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Fill in the Application Form
(a) Print out and fill in the application form by hand, or
(b) Enter your details straight from the computer.Applicants choosing option (b) please ensure that you have Adobe Reader 6 or later, or other modern PDF Reader software installed on your computer. (Foxit Reader is a PDF Reader many users like.)
Some outdated or incompatible PDF Readers DO NOT save what you enter! Therefore always enter just some data and save the filled in document first. Then close that document and re-open it. Check that the content you just entered shows in the re-opened document. If all is there, all is well and you have a compatible PDF reader. Continue entering the rest of your details, and once the form has been completed, close the document and re-check the content just to be sure that the rest has been saved as well. Once you have confirmed that all of that info has been saved the form is ready to be sent to HR along with the other documents.
Important Tip:
Before you start entering your details save the PDF file (using "Save as...", NOT "Save copy"). Then open that saved document and enter your details. -
Submit Your Documents
Once the form has been completed submit it together with your CV, your covering letter and referee details. Please indicate if referees are not to be contacted.
Send your application documents to:
Kelly Balloch
Human Resources Administrator
West Coast District Health Board
PO Box 387
Greymouth 7840
New Zealand
P: +64 3 768-0499, Extn. 2483#
F: +64 3 768-2791
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Voluntary Bonding Scheme
About the VBS
Voluntary bonding is an incentive payment scheme that has been introduced by the Government to reward medical, midwifery and nursing graduates who agree to work in hard-to-staff areas. It is a practical initiative designed to move graduates into the communities and specialties that need them most. Parallel schemes have also been created for teachers and veterinarians.
Graduates who are part of the Scheme are eligible for incentive payments intended to help repay their student loans for up to five years. Combined with compulsory student loan deductions from the graduate’s income, this will give individuals a significant boost in repaying their student loans.
Voluntary Bonding Scheme Information
Click any of the links below to download the document that interests you
- Voluntary Bonding Scheme - Medical [PDF document: size: 31 KB]
- Voluntary Bonding Scheme - Nursing [PDF document: size: 29 KB]
- Voluntary Bonding Scheme - Midwifery [PDF document: size: 30 KB]
RMO's in Urgent Demand
Please click here, or scroll down to the Registered Medical Officers (RMOs) section of our Vacancy Position listings (left column) to find more information
Information for RMO's
Rural GP Training Programme
The West Coast DHB also provides a tailored programme for RMOs who wish to choose the pathway of rural general practice. The programme offered provides maximum flexibility with the choice and timing of the runs. Upon completion of this training an RMO would have achieved their Fellowship with the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZGP) – www.rnzcgp.org.nz.
This programme has been developed in partnership with the College and the Universities of Otago and Auckland. This programme enables those who enjoy the Coast lifestyle to stay on in GP training positions, and will in the long term create the rural workforce that this DHB, and other NZ DHBs require.
Resident Medical Officers (RMOs)
There are 7 RMO positions at our DHB and these positions comprise of post graduation year 2 or above. There is currently only one registrar based at the DHB, which provides RMOs with more hands-on experience and great one-to-one contact with the consultants.
The seven RMO positions offered are:
- 2 in General Medicine
- 1 in Obstetrics & Gynaecology/ Paediatrics/ Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation
- 1 in General Surgery
- 1 in Orthopaedics
- 1 in night relief run which covers the RMO who is on night duty and a general relief run which covers areas of need in times of sick or annual leave or the busiest area needing assistance.
Working In Support Services
Trades
We have trades staff spread over three sites. We look after buildings, beds, anaesthetic machines, sterilisers, boilers, electrical services, washing machines etc – the list is just about endless!
Our work is not just confined to these sites, we have clinical sites from Karamea in the North to Haast in the South. The work is varied and we never know what’s going to happen next. Never a dull moment here, there and everywhere!
Stores
We have a small team of three staff who look after all general and surgical products for the whole of the West Coast DHB. This also includes the supply of product for discharged patients so they can recover at home. Their job is a varied one, they receive product in from cartage firms, order product in, produce orders for you on request (so you can go and purchase your own product) and organise cartage firms to cart equipment to and from the hospital.
Laundry and Sewing
The laundry and sewing team look after all the sewing and linen services for the DHB. We manufacture items for the different departments to their requirements. Some of these have even been made from a description of the item to suit a particular need. The variety of work ensures the days are never dull. The staff are a great bunch and everyone in here knows how to do each of the laundering process. This is a busy department that is expanding through the commercialisation of our laundry service to include hotels and motels. We strive to keep the customer happy with the quality linen we process.
Transport
The department that has to produce vehicles out of thin air (so it seems at times!) for staff to carry out their work. We are responsible for getting the most out of the eight DHB pool vehicles, and managing the overall fleet of 120.
