Clinical Charge Nurse - Community Nursing
Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
- Exciting senior nursing leadership opportunity!
- Permanent position, 0.9 FTE (72 hours per fortnight)
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
About the Role
Do you want to lead and be part of our dynamic team working on the edge of community innovation? As the Clinical Charge Nurse in District Nursing, your focus will be on ensuring the delivery of optimal patient outcomes and supporting staff engagement and development. You will provide visible leadership and coordination of your teams on a daily basis.
Community nurses provide nursing care to patients in our clinics or in patients’ homes across the central Auckland region. District Nurses enjoy a varied and autonomous role in the provision of care closer to home, within locality-based teams with clinics in Green Lane Clinical Centre, Kāhui Mārino (Pt Chevalier,) and Glen Innes.
- Specialised wound management, including leg ulcer assessment and treatment.
- Assistance with the management of intravenous medication, urinary and suprapubic catheters, continence issues, stoma care and injections, including rheumatic fever prophylaxis.
- ACC nursing care.
- Education and advice for clients around their healthcare needs or illness.
- A wide variety of other nursing needs including palliative care.
We welcome you to join the experience of primary care expansion over the next decade, which will include the provision of more care in the patient’s home supported by IT and care technologies, and where you will be a leader of care in the home.
For further details, please refer to the position description here.
About you
As an ideal candidate:
- Will have a Post Graduate degree and at least 5 years’ experience as a registered nurse, particularly within Primary Care, Community Nursing, Older Peoples Health, Telehealth, Emergency Care, Acute Inpatient Setting
- Your strong clinical decision-making, innovation and communication skills are imperative to be successful in this role.
- Be a forward-thinking nurse leader who is flexible, resilient and can manage a busy workload would be beneficial.
For more information about this role please contact Samantha McKinnon, Charge Nurse Manager via email sammckinnon@adhb.govt.nz
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by the 8th of May 2025. If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, or require information in an accessible format, please contact, Jeanine Taccad, Recruitment Consultant via Jeanine.Taccad@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz to discuss how we can best support your application.
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.