Southern Cross Hospitals

Our business

Our national network of private hospitals includes wholly-owned facilities and joint ventures with medical specialists. We are a national not-for-profit organisation which aims to deliver quality healthcare at affordable prices. Any financial surpluses are reinvested into improving healthcare facilities, harnessing new technologies and developing our valued employees.

Around 800 independent medical specialists operate within our hospitals, including many leaders in clinical innovation. All specialists operating with us complete a formal registration process.

Our workplace

We promote a friendly, positive culture, and have over 1000 employees nationwide. We offer them competitive pay, a flexible philosophy – to help maintain work/life balance – and professional development programmes approved by the Nursing Council of New Zealand. Our people enjoy planned Christmas and New Year breaks, subsidised health insurance options and a modern, well-equipped workplace. We pursue leadership in the private sector, introducing innovative graduate and surgical nursing education programmes, and we have consistently performed in the top tier when our employees’ views were ranked against 300 other healthcare organisations in Australasia.

Find out more about our working environment by watching our careers video presentation.

Locations

Our national hospital network includes facilities from Auckland to Invercargill. For more information click here.

Employment opportunities

As New Zealand’s largest private hospital network we offer employment to registered nurses and anaesthetic technicians/ODP’s in a variety of work environments, including the operating room, PACU/recovery and surgical wards.

Please note that if you are a registered nurse - you must be registered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand. For more information visit www.nursingcouncil.org.nz

We could only consider your application once you are registered with the New Zealand Nursing Council.

If you are an anaesthetic techinicans/ODP’s please visit www.nzats.co.nz to join the New Zealand Anaesthetic Technician Society and gain more information.

Employee benefits

• Competitive remuneration
• Subsidised health insurance
• Christmas and New Year breaks
• Support in our New Zealand Nursing Council recognised PDRP
• Work in a modern, well-equipped environment