Nurse Educator - Theatres Level 4

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, Auckland City Hospital, seeks a senior registered nurse or anaesthetic technician to advance perioperative education. The role focuses on teaching, training and developing staff across scrub and circulating roles within Cardiothoracic and ORL Operating Room services.

Permanent 0.6 FTE, Monday to Sunday. You will work with the Nurse Educator to provide a consistent, connected education program across Level 4 Theatre services and support clinical practice, leadership and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as an expert/senior OR scrub/circulate RN or AT.
• Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma or Masters.
• Advanced knowledge within intraoperative care.
• A passion towards education, quality improvement and patient safety.
• A commitment to health equity and culturally safe practice.
• A sound knowledge of clinical teaching/learning methods.
• Well-developed communication and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support perioperative workforce education across Cardiothoracic and ORL services.
• Provide teaching and clinical support to staff advancing scrub and circulating roles.
• Contribute to organisation-wide education, leadership and patient-focused initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Educator to ensure consistent education across Level 4 Theatre services.

Skills

Perioperative experience

Education-focused leadership

Clinical teaching

Communication skills

Education

Postgrad cert/diploma

Masters

Job description

Exciting Senior Nurse or Anaesthetic Technician Opportunity!

Permanent - Part time (0.6 FTE) position Location Auckland City Hospital 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.

Are you an experienced senior registered nurse (RN) or anaesthetic technician (AT) with a passion for education, quality and excellence? We have an opportunity for an experienced perioperative RN or AT to further their career, focusing on education, training and development within a passionate perioperative educator team.

About the Role

In this role, you will play a key part in developing and supporting our perioperative workforce across the Cardiothoracic and ORL Operating Room services. You will provide education, teaching and clinical support to staff developing their skills in scrub and circulating roles, particularly those who are new to the perioperative environment. You will also contribute to organisation-wide education, leadership and patient-focused initiatives.

Your primary base will be the Cardiothoracic Level 4 OR, a specialised and dynamic service providing both adult and paediatric cardiac care, as well as acute and elective cardiothoracic surgery, adult congenital heart disease, and heart and lung transplantation. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a complex clinical environment while supporting the ongoing development of our perioperative workforce.

You will work collaboratively with the Nurse Educator, who has a primary focus on the ORL specialty within Level 4 OR, to provide a consistent, connected and supportive approach to education, professional development and clinical practice across the Level 4 Theatre services.

This is a permanent role working 0.6 FTE, Monday to Sunday.

We would love to hear from you if you are an exceptional expert/senior RN or AT with extensive perioperative experience and proven leadership skills.

For further details, please refer to the position description.

About you

• Extensive experience as an expert/senior OR scrub/circulate RN or AT
• Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma or Masters
• Advanced knowledge within intraoperative care
• A passion towards education, quality improvement and patient safety
• A commitment to health equity and culturally safe practice
• A sound knowledge of clinical teaching/learning methods
• Well-developed communication and critical thinking skills

For more information about this role please contact Sharni Yun Shan (Theatre Manager) via [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.