Duty Nurse Manager - Ashburton Hospital

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand; Ashburton; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Ashburton is seeking an experienced Senior Registered Nurse to join our Senior Nursing Team as a Duty Nurse Manager. You will lead co-ordination and patient flow across Ashburton Hospital and our wider services.

You will work autonomously, demonstrate leadership, and support after-hours and weekend coverage. A strong background in acute or emergency care, and current NZ Nursing Practising Certificate, are essential.

Qualifications

• Broad acute clinical experience and excellent collaborative skills.
• Extensive nursing experience either clinically or in a senior nursing role.
• Expert clinical nursing knowledge with leadership ability and people management skills.
• Post graduate leadership experience is advantageous, but all applicants will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage patient flow for Ashburton Hospital and wider services across weekdays, after hours, weekends and public holidays.
• Lead and support the Senior Nursing Team to deliver high-quality clinical care.
• Work autonomously at the top of your scope, providing clinical and operational leadership.
• Collaborate with DHBs/providers to ensure optimal service delivery for all users.

Skills

Acute clinical experience

Leadership ability

People management

Collaborative skills

NZ Registered Nurse with APC

Postgraduate leadership experience

Education

NZ Registered Nurse with APC

Job description

• Casual positionavailable for a Senior Registered Nurse
• Develop your leadershipskills in this rewarding role

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in theprinciples of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health systemthat serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Registered Nurse with apassion to join our Senior Nursing Team as a Duty Nurse Manager.

In this role you will work autonomously and be responsiblefor the co-ordination and management of patient flow processes for AshburtonHospital and our wider services (including Tuarangi Home, District Nursing,other Rural Hospitals and Home Support services afterhours) across weekdays,after hours, weekends and Public Holidays. You will demonstrate awide-ranging career expertise and a pragmatic, organised approach with anobvious passion to multitask and make sound decisions on the go. These skillswill be key to your success in this interesting, challenging and varied role.Withopportunities to learn and develop your own skills, you can help us build onour reputation for excellent service delivery.

About the Service

This role covers and supports Ashburton Hospital and ourwider services (including Tuarangi Home, District Nursing, other RuralHospitals and Home Support services afterhours).

Within Ashburton Hospital we have the Acute Assessment Unit(AAU), Ward 1 and Ward 2.

The AAU see a diverse range of presentations, ranging fromTriage 1 for immediate resuscitation through to Triage 5 who require lessurgent care. Experience in emergency/acute care work, phlebotomy and beingcannulation certified is advantageous.

Ward 1 is a 21-bed acute medical ward based at AshburtonHospital. In this fast-paced environment, our team care for a wide variety ofpatients including high dependency, medical and palliative carepatients.Ward 2 is Assessment, Treatment and rehab along with non-weightbearing patients, consisting of 18 beds.

About You

This role is at times is both challenging and demanding,plus at the same time is rewarding and never dull! Therefore, we are lookingfor someone who is collaborative by working alongside and in partnership withthe senior nursing team, wider nursing colleagues and external DHB's/providersto provide an optimum service delivery for all users.

It is the expectation that you will be working at the top ofyour scope both clinically and professionally, along with showing strongleadership skills and a possess a positive outlook.

Additionally, you will have:

• Broad 'acute' clinicalexperience and excellent collaborative skills that will enable you tocommunicate effectively across all disciplines and occupational groups
• Extensive nursingexperience either clinically or in a relevant senior nursing role
• Expert clinical nursingknowledge with demonstrated leadership ability and soundpeoplemanagement skills
• A solution focusedapproach to your work with the ability to problem solve and think on yourfeet
• Acute medical orsurgical experience is essential
• A NZ Registered Nursewith current Annual Practising Certificate.

Post graduate experience in leadership and management and/orexperience in nursing leadership is a definite advantage, but all applicantswill be considered based on the applicants' career experience, and desire for asenior leadership position.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuringexcellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce thatis diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand andservice our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori,Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.