New Zealand Healthcare System: Structure and Job Opportunities

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Healthcare
4/24/2019

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The essay brings about the discussion on the topic, ‘New Zealand health-care system’
and the various other related aspects of health facilities to the individuals. The healthcare
services in the country provided through the complex network of people and organisations.
Each unit or health facility has their role in providing best care or services to the people
within region (Stokes et al., 2018). The discussion will include the assessment of the structure
of healthcare system, along with some suitable examples of primary and secondary sector. In
the later part of the essay, communication skills, and the availability of job-opportunities
within healthcare sector will be discussed.
New Zealand residents and some other work visa holders get benefit from the public
health system, which is free or low cost services, i.e. from the major contribution of
government subsidies. Now, discussing the structure of the New-Zealand healthcare system,
Ministry of Health is responsible for the oversight and funding of the twenty-district health
boards (DHBs). It has found through the research that New Zealand has single payer
healthcare system, which means that the government pays for the health services with the tax
money. These perform the responsibility of meeting the health care standards and organising
better care services (Hemingway, 2016).
(Source: Health.NZ, 2018)
The diagram above has represented the structure of the health care system in New Zealand,
and the job role or authorities of people.

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First established in the year 2002, the DHBs govern or manage forty-six primary
health-care organisations established across the nation. They operate with a main objective,
i.e. to focus on the health of the individuals in the community. The primary healthcare
organisations are funded by the DHBs, as they work as democratic, non-profit bodies
focusing on the improvement of health of the individuals (Bartys et al., 2017).
Few examples of the healthcare organisations in the primary health care sector include
‘Health care Aotearoa’, Ministry of health, Health Funding Authority and several others. On
the other hand, the health organisations in secondary health care sector include, Southern
Cross Health Insurance, is one non-profit organisation (Ministry of Health, 2018).
The health care system in the country has undergone several changes through the past
several years, as it was earlier a completely public based system. Now, the health system is a
public-private mix, which includes insurance elements as important for delivering effective
care services. The research on the New Zealand’s health care system has mentioned an issue,
that there has been a high nurse turnover rates in the facility (Blakely et al., 2019).
Not all nurses leave the health care, or job rather they consistently switch their
organisation on a frequent basis. This further leads to the problem of the reduced continuity
care to the patients, disruption of the services and a fall in the overall productivity. This has
raised the concern and importance of the health care institutions to focus on the recruitment
or selection of competent individuals for appropriate role. Hospitals and practices in the
country are looking for the doctors, midwives, nurse, surgeons, and 36 other healthcare
occupations (Wilson et al., 2019).
Job-Opportunities in New Zealand
According to the recent estimation on the requirement of individuals in the health
organisations, it has been analysed that 380 extra specialists are required every year to meet
the OECD average by the year 2021. In context to the shortage of skills, there are numerous
opportunities available for the nursing students and other individuals to acquire suitable job
in the organisations. The information from varied resource has stated about the requirement
of individuals in the public health cares or hospitals, than others (Squires and Anderson,
2015).