Registered Nurse - South Canterbury

Plunket; Kaiapoi; On-site; NZD 66,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing days

Ongoing professional development

6–12 week orientation

Job summary

Plunket is hiring a Registered Nurse to support pēpi, tamariki, and whānau across South Canterbury (Timaru, Fairlie and Tekapo). This permanent 0.6 FTE role offers orientation, ongoing preceptor support, and a focus on culturally safe care in community settings.

You will conduct home and clinic visits, assess growth and development, and collaborate with whānau and other health services to ensure safe, healthy homes.

Qualifications

• Qualified Registered Nurse with NZ registration and practicing certificate.
• Willingness to perform home visits and clinic assessments.
• Experience in Well Child Tamariki Ora or willingness to pursue certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide well child and tamariki care across South Canterbury.
• Build trusting relationships with whānau and caregivers.
• Deliver care in home and clinic settings with culturally safe practice.

Skills

RN clinical care

Home visits

Whānau engagement

Clinical assessment

Education

NZ Registered Nurse (RN)

Annual Practising Certificate

Post Graduate Certificate in Well Child Tamariki Ora

Job description

“Take care of our children, take care of what they hear, take care of what they see, take care of how they feel. For how the children grow, so will be the shape of Aotearoa” - Dame Whina Cooper

202 7 is your year to harness yourworkdayand make a difference by helping every Plunketbaby to have the best start.Join us as aRegistered Nurseworkingacross the South Canterbury region (Timaru, Fairlie and Tekapo)

This isa permanent0.6FTE role.

Pay rates for our Registered Nurses are between $66,222 per annum($33.51per hour) to$94,842 per annum($48.00 perhour) depending on experience.

Te whai wāhitangai | The opportunity

Join Plunket’s passionate team and help give every pēpi the best start in life. You’ll work alongside whānau, tamariki , and other health and social services, making a real difference every single day.

Plunket Nurses assessthegrowth and development of tamariki and aretrustedclinicaladvisors who walk alongside whānau.

You will meet with whānau across South Canterbury doing home and clinic visits . You will foster trusting relationships in the community by adopting an approach to care wherewhānau feelconnected, included, safeandsupported to get what they need.Working alongside a highly motivated and experienced team you'll be committed to delivering engaging care where whānau have a safe space to share parenting challenges and celebrate successes.

Working in the community during acost-of-livingcrisis means you will undoubtedly meet whānau who are facing significant challenges. Our clinical responsibilities co-exist with the need to deliver social support to ensure pēpi are being raised in safe and healthy homes.We offer6–12-weekorientationdepending on experiencewith ongoing preceptor support to help you find your feet.

Community Nursingrequiresa particular set of skills, you may start the day with 5 whānau booked in for visits, one might need to cancel, another might be late, and the last appointment might present significant concerns and take longer thananticipated. So, you will need to beresourceful, resilient and comfortable making decisions to ensure we maintain ahigh-qualityexperience and minimise risks for our clients.

We are confident we can give you great support with our experienced team - so we are open to both new graduates and experienced nurses.

It is vital that you enjoy working with pēpi , howevermost ofyour interactions will be with caregivers.Todeliver the right support, you'll need to have exceptional active listeningskillsandbe able to ask questions tactfully. Working with whānau from all walks of life will require you to beabletobuild trust and communicate effectively with different people.

With a stable team and experienced leader, we're well placed to support you if this is your first nursing role, but equally, if you are an experienced nurse, your insight and expertise will go a long way to supporting whānau to thrive and our team to grow collectively.

To be successful in this role, youwill:

• Be a Registered Nurse
  
• Hold or be able to obtain an Annual Practicing Certificate
  
• Hold a full clean NZ Drivers Licence
  
• Have aPost Graduate Certificate in Well Child Tamariki oraor be committed to completing 12-month Post Graduate Certificate in Well Child Tamariki ora (we would cover the cost for this)
• Work close to home in acommunity-basedrole
  
• A Monday – Friday role, with the opportunity to work Saturdays and some flexibility to work aroundyou
  
• Ongoing opportunities for personal and professional development
  
• Various wellbeing schemessuchasWellbeingdays: usetwoof your sick leave days to proactively protect your well being
  
• In line with our ongoing goal to support our kaimahi to thrive in a culturally safe environment, we have multiple community of interests for kaimahi Māori, Pasifika, Asian and more. To support your growth in practice, we have dedicated space and time where our Kaimahi Māori gather quarterly by region and nationally once a year.

contact Paul Watson Clinical Leader paul.watson @plunket.org.nz or phone [phone]. Applications close: 2 7th Nove mber 2026.

Whānau Āwhina Plunket is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of pēpi , tamariki and their wh ā nau/family. We have committed to adopting a pro-equity approach where we give life to Te Triti o Waitangi principles of tino rangatiratanga, partnership, active protection, equity and options in our mahi/work to ensure healthy tamariki , confident wh ā nau and connected communities.

This journey is creating exciting career opportunities - If you would like to contribute to the important mahi we do, nau mai , haere mai .