Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital, Hamilton
The details: Permanent, 0.75 FTE (60 hours per fortnight)
- Grow and develop your career in New Zealand’s leading health provider
- Work within a supportive team environment
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
About the Role
Are you an excellent communicator with good time management and technical learning skills? Do you enjoy working as part of a team? Do you have experience working with children?
We are looking for someone with these skills to join our team as an Allied Health Assistant based in the Audiology department at Waikato Hospital. You will work under the supervision of experienced and supportive audiologists, and alongside hearing screeners, administration staff, health professionals and other assistants working in the allied health professions. You will be working with tāmariki (children) to undertake tasks that assist and support the audiologists with their work including:
- basic hearing aid maintenance and repairs
- performing routine hearing screening under the direction of audiologists
- administration tasks such as responding to routine enquiries, ordering resources, management of inward and outward goods.
Training will be provided as part of the role, including an opportunity to complete the New Zealand Certificate in Health & Wellbeing (Level 3) Health Assistance.
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About you
To apply you will need:
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work well in a team
- High levels of computer literacy and technical learning skills
- Current valid driver's licence
Ideally you will also have:
- New Zealand Certificate in Health & Wellbeing (Level 3) Health Assistance or equivalent
- Experience working with people with hearing loss or undertaking hearing screening
- Experience working with children
How to Apply
To apply please click “Apply online” or apply via our Waikato Careers website by clicking here.All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal before 11:59 pm on Date 13th August 2025.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Ina Marais at [email protected].
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.
