Charge Nurse - Paediatric Cardiac

North Island - Auckland Central Auckland; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Starship Child Health, Auckland, is seeking a Charge Nurse for the Paediatric Cardiac Operating Rooms. This fixed-term, full-time role will lead clinical activities across Paediatric Cardiac and Adult Congenital Theatres, ensuring high-quality patient care and collaborative staffing across two theatre suites.

The ideal candidate will have NZ Nursing Council registration eligibility, 3+ years in perioperative theatre, and cardiac surgery experience.

Qualifications

• Must be registered or eligible for NZ Nursing Council registration.
• 3+ years operating room experience in perioperative theatre.
• Cardiac surgery experience preferred.
• Strong leadership and senior clinical support skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management of clinical activities for the Paediatric Cardiac specialty within the Operating Rooms.
• Manage the Paediatric Cardiac and Adult Congenital Theatres across two directorates.
• Coordinate staffing resources across two Theatre Suites to ensure smooth service delivery.
• Provide senior clinical support, nursing leadership and promote mokopuna and whānau-centred care.

Skills

Nursing registration

Theatre nursing

Cardiac surgery experience

Leadership

Communication skills

Maori health awareness

Te Tiriti o Waitangi commitment

Team collaboration

Education

NZ Nursing Council registration

Job description

Charge Nurse, Paediatric Cardiac Operating Rooms, Starship Child Health

• One Year Fixed term, full-time position available to cover Parental leave

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

Our Paediatric Perioperative services has a Fixed Term opportunity for a passionate, Experienced Cardiac Theatre Nurse to lead the management of clinical activities for the Paediatric Cardiac speciality within our Operating Rooms

About the Team

Our Paediatric Operating Rooms at Starship Child Health provides Acute Emergency Trauma and elective Surgical procedures in the paediatric specialties of General, Complex Neonatal, Thoracic, Urology, Endoscopy, Oncology, ORL, head and Neck, Dental, Spinal, Orthopaedics, Sarcoma, Plastics and cardiac including paediatric cardiac transplant.

This role Manages the Paediatric Cardiac and Adult Congenital Theatres across two directorates. Exceptional multidisciplinary interpersonal skills are needed to ensure the smooth clinical efficiency of the service and shared coordination of staffing resources across two Theatre Suites. This is an exciting time of change and opportunity to deliver a mokopuna and whanau centric paediatric cardiac service

About you

As the ideal person for this role, you will:

• Either have or be eligible for registration with NZ Nursing Council.
• Be an experienced Perioperative Nurse with 3+ years of Operating Room experience with an extensive range of Theatre Nursing skills. Expert knowledge and experience in cardiac surgery preferred
• Dynamic Leadership skills that can deliver strategic vision for the service
• Be able to provide senior clinical support, expertise, Nursing knowledge and leadership to your team to ensure quality patient care.
• Have well-developed communication, critical thinking skills and a commitment to Mokopuna and Whanau centred care
• Commitment to improving Maori health outcomes and embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Ability to develop collaborative working partnerships across a multidisciplinary team
• Have a strong commitment to quality healthcare

To discuss this role further please contact Theatre Manager, Ngaire Murray on [e-mail]

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.

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 Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive childrens hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.

If you have any accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Michelle Kanth, Recruitment Consultant at [e-mail] quoting ADHB25250 to discuss how we can best support your application.

Job details

Job Reference:

Job Reference: ADHB25250

Location:

North Island - Auckland - Central Auckland