Nurse Educator Hca Earn & Learn Prog

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland is seeking a Nurse Educator to provide professional leadership, clinical teaching, and education coordination within Hospital Operations. You will mentor junior nurses, support the Earn and Learn initiatives, and partner with the Simulation Team to drive education and patient safety.

The role requires extensive nursing experience, postgraduate study in adult education, and strong stakeholder engagement across hospital services to deliver

Qualifications

• Recent acute nursing experience.
• Experience in adult education and clinical teaching.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and project management skills.
• Innovative mindset and ability to build relationships with hospital stakeholders.
• Postgraduate qualifications, with a focus on adult education.
• Understanding of patient deterioration programmes and quality/risk/safety.
• Competency in IT systems, including Excel and databases.
• Current Nursing Council registration and APC.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership and education to Hospital Operations staff.
• Coordinate patient care and clinical teaching across teams.
• Collaborate with Earn and Learn Programme leads, HCA trainers and Simulation Team to maximise education opportunities.
• Work autonomously within a senior nursing team to manage workloads.
• Contribute to high-quality, evidence-based nursing practice.

Skills

Acute nursing experience

Adult education & teaching

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Nursing registration & APC

IT systems proficiency (Excel, datab

Education

Postgraduate qualifications in adult education

Tools

Excel

Local databases

Job description

Nurse Educator Hospital Operations, Te Toka Tumai | Auckland

Full-time, permanent position1 FTE available

The Opportunity

Hospital Operations is seeking a Nurse Educator to join our team. In this role, you will provide professional and clinical leadership, patient care coordination, education and clinical teaching to Hospital Operations kaimahi. You will work closely with our Earn and Learn Programme lead, our Earn and Learn HCA trainers, the wider Nurse Educator group and the Simulation Team to identify and maximise opportunities for education and clinical development. The successful applicant will be able to work autonomously, prioritise workloads effectively and contribute as part of a supportive senior nursing team committed to high-quality, evidence-based nursing practice. You will bring extensive nursing experience as well as experience mentoring or working alongside junior nurses.

Important Skills

• Significant recent acute nursing experience.
• Experience in adult education and clinical teaching, or a genuine desire to engage in further study in this area.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and project management skills.
• An innovative mindset and the ability to build effective relationships with a range of hospital stakeholders.
• Postgraduate qualifications, with a focus on adult education.
• A sound understanding of patient deterioration programmes and an interest in quality, risk and safety.
• Competency in using IT systems, including Microsoft Excel and various local databases.
• Current registration with the Nursing Council of New Zealand and a current Annual Practising Certificate (APC).

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

At Te Toka Tumai | Auckland, we are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga, as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in gifting the whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and supports equitable health outcomes for all. This Nurse Educator role sits within Hospital Operations, where you will contribute to education, clinical development and the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care in a varied and fast-paced environment.

Why You Will Enjoy Working Here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work. We encourage and provide access to a range of services and benefits to support our staff throughout their employment with Te Toka Tumai | Auckland.

For more information about the role, please contact Rachel Abery, RM and Programme Lead for Earn and Learn [e-mail]

For general enquiries or assistance with your online application, please contact Abi Salisbury, Recruitment Consultant, via [e-mail].