How to apply & Southern DHB jobs available now

Our recruitment process & your applicant experience

All vacancies are advertised and should be made online via the Apply Now link from the advertisement so we can track and manage your application as efficiently as possible.  Applying is simple!

Come explore opportunities now!

Senior Medical Officer and Resident Medical Officer recruitment follows a slightly different process so check out the specific sections here for more information. 

Thank you for choosing us to continue your career in health and make a difference to the people of the Southern District.  Good luck!

Shortlisting

Once you have applied online, if your skills and experience are suitable for the position, you’ll be contacted by one of our hiring managers or a recruitment advisor to arrange an interview or have a quick discussion regarding the role and ask a few details about your application.

Handy tip: Use this phone call as an opportunity to sell yourself and your relevant experience and explain why you are interested in the role and us.

Preparing for an interview at the Southern DHB

Congratulations on getting an interview!  If you are invited to an interview it is most likely to be a panel interview with a minimum of two senior staff on one of our sites.  If you’re based overseas or living outside of the Southern Region, we can conduct video interviews via Zoom, Skype or Face Time. You will receive confirmation of your interview time and date, where to come, and who you will be meeting. 

This is a chance for us to learn more about you as well as for you to learn about us and are a great opportunity for you to demonstrate your relevant work experience as well as your personality - team fit is important.  We also want to understand how you perform under a little pressure as for some roles this is important.  Finally, our Values are important to us so we want to understand how yours align to ours.  Interviews are also your opportunity to ensure you understand the role and so there will always be an opportunity to ask questions.  Make sure you have reviewed the job description and as our interviews are competency based, you will be asked to give some relevant examples of your prior experience in line with the competencies for the role. Take some time to think about this in advance.  The STAR technique is a useful approach and there's some great tips here: https://www.careers.govt.nz/job-hunting/interviews/tips-for-answering-interview-questions/

Child care worker roles: If your interview is for a role that has been deemed a core/non core child worker role under the Children's Act 2014 it is a requirement that the successful applicant complete a Police Vetting Request  below. 

Please print and complete the Police Vetting Service Request form above and bring to your interview if asked. The hiring manager will collect this and these required forms of ID at your interview. Please bring originals and photocopies to the interview of two forms of the required identification.

(More on the Children's Act 2014 below)

Pre-employment checks

Reference checking

We conduct reference checks on all potential employees. You should be prepared to provide at least two referees and their contact details, and for some roles there will be additional requirements of manager and clinical references. Your recruitment advisor will guide you on what is required.

Credit Checking

We conduct credit checks for potential employees going into any positions with budgetary responsibilities.