Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
- Patient Care Assistant – Respiratory Department, Oximetry Service
- Based across clinics at North Shore and Waitākere Hospitals
- Permanent, part time (0.6FTE, 48 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
The Respiratory Department at Health New Zealand – Waitematā District are looking for a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) to join their team. The PCA will be responsible for running clinics where patients will attend to pick up devices that monitor their breathing while they are asleep and educating them on how to use it. The PCA will also ensure the monitors are returned back to the clinic and prepared for the next patient. Additional duties will include downloading patient data for analysis, stocktaking and maintenance, answering phone calls and emails and ensuring accurate recordkeeping of tests performed. As this service is developing and growing, the PCA will work closely with our Sleep Physiologist to help with the planning of this and have opportunity to expand their duties along with the service.
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About Us
The Oximetry Service is a newly formed part of the Respiratory Department at Health New Zealand Waitematā that assesses patients who are suspected of having sleep apnoea. This is done by issuing the patient with a monitor that they wear overnight to detect changes in blood oxygen level and heart rate.
Health New Zealand Waitematā provides health services to approximately 650,000 residents of the North Shore, Waitakere, and Rodney areas. It has the largest population of any district health area.
For more information on living and working in Waitematā District, click
here.
About you
The PCA will be the first point of contact for patients so to be successful in this role, you will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with practical experience dealing with the general public, including interacting with people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.
Excellent computer skills are required as well as the ability to be self-motivated, proactive, display initiative and work with minimal supervision.
Experience working in a hospital setting and using hospital specific computer programs (e.g for clinic scheduling and patient records) will be viewed favourably but training will be provided for the right applicant.
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
15 May 2025.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Sarah Kneller – Recruitment Consultant via
sarah.kneller@tewhatuora.govt.nz.
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.
Job reference: WDHB19712