Clinical Nurse Specialist - Emergency Department

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand; Dunedin; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand invites applications for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Emergency Department. The role is 0.75 FTE (30 hours per week) and focuses on delivering expert emergency nursing care, education, and leadership within a fast-paced ED.

You will mentor staff, collaborate across the organisation, and contribute as clinician, educator, consultant, researcher, and care coordinator. A postgraduate qualification (Diploma or Master’s) is preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven advanced practice in emergency nursing.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced ED.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert emergency nursing care in direct patient care.
• Mentor and develop staff skills in the ED.
• Collaborate across the organisation to coordinate care.
• Act as clinician, educator, consultant, researcher and care coordinator.

Skills

Emergency nursing

Advanced communication

Time management

Education

Postgraduate qualification (Diploma or Master’s)

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Emergency Department

Clinical Nurse Specialist – Emergency Department

• 0.75 FTE / 30 hours per week

Our Emergency Department's (ED) vision is to be a centre of clinical care and customer service excellence. The ED has a strong focus on customer service and its success is reliant on effective communication and teamwork. The Emergency Department includes a triage area, a rapid assessment area, dedicated resuscitation areas, acute, sub-acute and paediatric cubicles along with ambulatory care spaces. It carries out all acute cares for adults and paediatrics including full patient resuscitation facilities, management of trauma, fractures, injuries and so much more.

About the role

• Provide specialist emergency nursing care and expertise both in direct care delivery,
• Mentor staff so they too gain further knowledge and skill,
• Collaborate across the organisation,
• Acting in the roles of clinician, educator, consultant, researcher, leader/change agent and care coordinator/case manager,

About you

• Proven practice and advanced knowledge in emergency nursing,
• Either hold or be working towards post graduate qualification at a minimum of a diploma or/and a master's degree.
• Advanced communication techniques such as conflict resolution, diffusion and mediation skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills,

Working for 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.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.