Employee profiles
Often the best way to get an insight into what it’s like to work within an organisation is to find out what existing employees think! We asked some of our employees - at different hospitals around New Zealand and in different roles - to give us their views. A range of these responses is outlined on our web site.
View our mini-profiles below to find out what some of our employees say about working for Southern Cross Hospitals, and what it means for them.
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Amanda Spencer - Ward Nurse
“The environment here is excellent – the facilities are first rate and I get good support from my colleagues and management, who encourage us to be ourselves."
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Carol Ferguson - Ward & Day Stay Manager
“The flat structure allows me to get involved in policy, procedure, and quality improvement, but what I most enjoy is leading the team and watching them develop and grow.”
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Pippin Morrison - Ward Nurse
“I’ve also been able to pursue my interest in project management work alongside my clinical responsibilities.”
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Paul Corkindale - Anaesthetic Technician
“The equipment here is of the highest quality. Staff are really looked after, and …. Southern Cross value their staff as people and are certainly an employer of choice".
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Helen Loveridge - Theatre Nurse
“The theatre facilities here are excellent, and the hospital itself is reasonably new and within lovely surroundings.”
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“I’m constantly surrounded by experienced and helpful staff at every level, including my nursing colleagues and the surgeons, who’ve been happy to share their knowledge."
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