Clinical Charge Nurse, Community Nursing Team, Starship Child Health

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Clinical Charge Nurse (Acute) - Community Nursing Team, Starship Child Health

• Opportunity for professional growth!
• Permanent, Fulltime role

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

Starship Community has been transformed to provide responsive community-based nursing care to infants, children, young people and families within the Auckland area. The Starship Community nursing team work in an integrated way across a number of areas of community nursing including Well Child Tamariki Ora, nursing in schools, immunisation and acute care of children.

We have permanent, full-time opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced nurse for the role of Clinical Charge Nurse (Acute team). This unique senior nursing position is responsible for the provision of clinical expertise, operational leadership and quality patient care in the Starship Community nursing team.

As a Starship Community Clinical Charge Nurse you will focus upon the day to day operational, quality and nursing leadership of two main work streams:

• Hospital in the home- acute and long term care to mokopuna with medical needs
• Well Child Tamariki Ora/School based health care

These two roles will work seamlessly together alongside the clinical and senior leadership teams. You will be expected to work clinically in the above work streams, however focusing predominantly upon one of these.

For a confidential chat about this opportunity, please contact Joanna Peterson, Service Clinical Director Mob: 021 823 070 or JPeterson@adhb.govt.nz or Helen Noble, Locality Lead Maungarei, Mob: 021 650 942 hnoble@adhb.govt.nz

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

As an ideal candidate, you will have:

Essential:

• A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori
• New Zealand nursing registration, RGON, RN BHSc (Nursing)
• Postgraduate certificate/ Diploma in speciality nursing practice
• Minimum of five years’ experience post registration in a relevant nursing specialty
• Expert clinical practice
• Sound understanding of professional ethics and team work
• Hold a clean full NZ driver’s license.

Desired:

• Working Towards or completion of Masters Degree
• Current clinical competence in relevant place of practice
• Experience in clinical quality and safety
• Experience in community setting

For all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the position description. 

Ko wai mātou | Who are we

Te Toka Tumai Auckland is part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s National Health Service. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Te Toka Tumai Auckland and is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children. Auckland City Hospital is NZ’s largest public tertiary hospital which has strong ties with University of Auckland and provides extensive teaching and training opportunities.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

What we can offer you:

• A comprehensive orientation package backed up with strong support from the senior nursing team.
• A unique and rewarding work environment that provides a high level of job satisfaction
• An opportunity to grow both as a person and as a professional while working with a very friendly and fun team
• On-going career progression opportunities.
• Financial recognition of senior nursing levels as per nationally-agreed multi-employer collective agreements

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

To apply please click on the ‘Apply’ tab below, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role and attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.

If you have any accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Anél Foord, Recruitment Consultant at AnelFoord@adhb.govt.nz quoting ADHB20789 to discuss how we can best support your application.