Registered Nurse HDU Wairau 0.9FTE perm

Nelson Marlborough Health; Blenheim; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 78,000; Part time

Job summary

Nelson Marlborough Health in Blenheim is seeking a Registered Nurse to work in the High Dependency Unit. You will apply your clinical nursing experience to provide interventions that require substantial scientific and professional knowledge, skills and clinical decision making, with a rotating shift pattern across mornings, afternoons and nights.

This permanent, 0.9 FTE role at Wairau Hospital HDU/AAU offers opportunities to contribute to critical care in a busy environment.

Qualifications

• Be a NZ Registered Nurse with a current NZNC practising certificate and at least two years of post-registration critical care nursing experience.
• Minimum 2 years of critical care experience in ICU, HDU, CCU, or Emergency Nursing.
• Demonstrates strong teamwork, time management, and commitment to quality.
• Ability to work across a rotating roster including mornings, afternoons and nights.

Responsibilities

• Provide interventions that require substantial scientific and professional knowledge, skills and clinical decision making.
• Roastered and rotating shifts across Monday to Sunday, including mornings, afternoons and nights.

Skills

Critical care experience

NZ Registered Nurse

NZNC practising certificate

Time management

Job description

• RegisteredNurse – High Dependency Unit (HDU)
• Permanent 0.9 position working 72 hours a fortnight

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principlesof Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system thatserves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

As a RegisteredNurse working in HDU youwill apply your clinical nursing experience to provide interventions thatrequire substantial scientific and professional knowledge, skills and clinicaldecision making.

This is a permanent, part-time role,with rostered and rotating shifts across Monday to Sunday – mornings, afternoonsand nights. Shifts can be worked as 8- or 12-hour duration.

About the Team/Location

Our busy and well-equipped HDU/AAU providescritical care services for Wairau Hospital, including short term intensive careoften transferring patients to secondary or tertiary level ICUs. It is co-locatedwith our Emergency Department at Wairau Hospital.

As a RegisteredNurse working in HDU youwill:

• Besomeone with at least 2 years’ experience in critical care, either in IntensiveCare, High Dependency care, Coronary care or Emergency Nursing,
• Bea NZ Registered Nurse with a current NZNC practising certificate and willhave at least two years of post-registration critical care nursingexperience,
• Enjoythe variety and challenge of a rapidly changing environment,
• Bea team player who enjoys keeping up to date with clinical practice,
• Haveexcellent organisational and time management skills as well as commitmentto quality.

Consideration will be given to nurseswith a background in medical or surgical nursing who can demonstrate theability to become competent in critical care.

The successful candidate must beeligible to work in New Zealand or hold a valid NZ visa at the time ofapplying.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellenthealthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that isdiverse 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.