Palmerston North Hospital's IT and finance staff are getting a reshuffle.

Palmerston North Hospital's IT and finance departments will get a shake up, with 68 staff set to be affected by changes.

The restructure was confirmed at a meeting with staff on Thursday, though no one is expected to be out of a job.

MidCentral finance and corporate services general manager Neil Wanden said the finance, data quality and IT departments were being reviewed.

Wanden said they were in the process of consulting with staff about the proposed changes.

The DHB would be seeking staff input to help determine the best way forward.

"For the vast majority of the staff, the changes proposed would result in minimal impact for their roles.

"For the small number who could be affected in a more significant way, we are committed to working with them and will look at options such as redeployment within the team or the wider DHB."

Wanden said that although they would be disestablishing some roles, they were creating new ones too.

"Overall, the number of roles proposed to be created as part of the review is greater than the number of roles proposed to be disestablished."

The DHB would be proceeding in a "fair and transparent way", he said.

"[We] will seek to look after our people, whilst ensuring that we are organised and able to support the DHB, in service of the people of the MidCentral district."

Wanden said corporate services was a key part of enabling the DHB to operate effectively and efficiently.

"To ensure this remains the case, we have reviewed functions with the aim of ensuring we are best placed to provide value added services that support the needs of the DHB."

Public Service Association union organiser John Shennan said that though the IT and finance staff did not interact with patients, they were "vital" for clinicians to do their job.

The union had been involved in discussions with the DHB and Shennan said it had been a very open process.

He said staff had been genuinely asked for their feedback.

Shennan did not expect anyone to be out of a job, given the new positions would be set up to replace any that were disestablished.

He accepted that IT was a changing industry.

"IT, obviously in all organisations and especially large organisations like DHBs, is constantly changing and evolving."

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