Clinical Resource Nurse - Variance Response

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley; Porirua; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation programme

Professional development days

Leadership development opportunities

Job summary

Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley is seeking an Integrated Operations Centre Clinical Resource Nurse (CRN) for a fixed term, part-time 0.5 FTE, Jan 2027 to Nov 2027. You will provide clinical expertise, mentoring, and support to the Duty Nurse Manager, ensuring safe service delivery across Wellington Regional and Kenepuru hospitals.

You’ll coordinate with medical and allied teams, support care planning, and drive continuous improvement in staffing and bed management

Qualifications

• Current Annual Practising Certificate required.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing preferred for the role.
• NZRC Core Advanced certification or equivalent essential.

Responsibilities

• Review patient acuity and staffing assignments.
• Conduct rounds, assess priorities, assist with complex cases.
• Coordinate with physicians and allied health for discharge plans.
• Provide coaching and clinical education to nurses.
• Respond to MET calls and clinical emergencies as a resource.
• Monitor adherence to policies and infection control practices.
• Update staffing plans and participate in quality projects.
• Review patient outcomes and ensure continuity of care.

Skills

Critical care experience

Advanced Pain Management

PDRP proficiency

Education

Annual Practising Certificate

Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing

NZRC Core Advanced

Job description

Location: Wellington Regional Hospital Contract: Fixed Term, Part Time 0.5 FTE Rostered and Rotating (fix term January 2027 - November 2027).

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all NewZealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as the Integrated Operations Centre (IOC) Clinical Resource Nurse (CRN): providing Variance Response on a part time, permanent basis. The responsibilities of the CRN duties will include providing clinical expertise, mentoring, resource assistance and response. The CRN will utilize current organisational knowledge and experience to work collaboratively with the Duty Nurse Manager (DNM). The DNM will retain the responsibility for delegating duties to the CRN according to the needs of the clinical areas at the time. The IOC is responsible for the effective operational management of the 24 hours/7 days hospital service delivery at both Wellington Regional Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital. The IOC supports clinical teams, systems, processes and resources that facilitate safe and effective service delivery across the organisation. You'll support the Nurse Manager, Associate Charge Nurse Manager, DNMs and programme coordinators such as Trendcare and Care Capacity Demand Management (CCDM) to ensure the service requirements are met, and organisation imperatives such as variance response management and capacity/bed management is delivered continuously by ensuring excellent contemporaneous co‑ordination and communication.

• Reviewing of patient, acuity levels, and staffing assignments.
• Rounds: Check with nurses, assesses patient care priorities, and assist with complex cases or procedures.
• Coordination: Communicates with physicians, case managers, and allied health teams to address patient needs and discharge plans.
• Education & Support: Provides coaching and clinical education to nurses.
• Problem solving: Responds to MET calls or clinical emergencies, serving as a resource for critical decision‑making.
• Quality oversight: Monitors adherence to policies, infection control practices, and documentation standards.
• Administrative duties: Updates staffing plans, attends leadership or safety meetings, and contributes to quality improvement projects.
• Follow‑up: Reviews patient outcomes, addresses concerns from staff or families, and ensures continuity of care through shift transitions.

About the Team/Service Location

You will be based at both Kenepuru and Wellington Hospital responding to variance indicator scores and providing clinical support.

What we can do for you

• An individualised orientation programme.
• Exceptional professional development opportunities including study days, post graduate programmes, and leadership development.
• The opportunity to work in a large hospital providing tertiary level care for the region.

About You

• Legal right to work in NewZealand and hold a current work visa.
• Current Annual Practicing Certificate.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing.
• NZRC Core Advanced.
• Proficient - Expert on the PDRP.
• Critical care experience.
• Advanced Pain Management experienceCommitted to on‑going learning
• Hold a current work visa or have the legal right to work in NewZealand
• All nurses employed by Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District must have registration with the NewZealand Nursing Council and maintain a current Annual Practising Certificate as a Registered NurseWorking at Health New ZealandHealth NewZealand | TeWhatuOra is 'the weaving of wellness'.

Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact [e-mail] review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.