Specialty Clinical Nurse - Paediatric Community

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Taranaki; Taranaki; On-site; NZD 45,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Taranaki is seeking a Specialty Clinical Nurse Paediatric Community for a part-time role in South Taranaki. You will support children and families at home or close to home and assist paediatricians in outpatient clinics across the region.

The ideal candidate is an experienced RN with paediatric or community nursing background, flexible, and capable of critical thinking, with strong communication and collaboration within a rural team.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with paediatric or community nursing experience.
• Ability to work autonomously in home-based and outpatient settings.
• Flexibility and strong communication with families and paediatric teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care and interventions to support children and families at home or close to home.
• Support paediatricians in outpatient clinics and satellite clinics across the region.
• Collaborate with a wider rural Health NZ team to ensure continuity of care.

Skills

Paediatric care

Community nursing

Autonomous practice

Critical thinking

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) with NZNC registration

Job description

Specialty Clinical Nurse Paediatric Community, South Taranaki, Permanent part time.

This is a rare opportunity to work in a specialist community nursing role supporting children, young people and families.

Use your skills and experience to work autonomously and provide exceptional paediatric nursing care.

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.

About the Role

This is a rare opportunity to work in the community supporting children and young people and their families that are referred through the paediatric service.The purpose of the role is to provide nursing care and interventions to support children and young people to be cared for at home or close to home.A component of the role is to support paediatricians work in the outpatient clinic environment, including satellite clinics across the region.Please click here to view the position description

About the Team/Service/ Location

Our team of nurses provide specialist care to children, young people and their families at home or in outpatient clinics. Referrals are received from paediatricians, the paediatric ward, neonatal unit, emergency departments and sometimes primary health care. It is a small service with three nurses working from New Plymouth and two nurses working from Hawera.For more information on living and working in Taranaki click here

About you

This is a designated senior nurse position and is best suited to an experienced registered nurse with paediatric and or community nursing experience. The ability to be flexible is a pre-requisite as the role requires a degree of critical thinking. Due to being based in South Taranaki there is less opportunity to work closely with paediatric nursing colleagues but there are opportunities to feel part of a bigger team by maintaining links with paediatric nurses based in North Taranaki through email, phone, MS teams meetings, whole team meetings. You would also become part of a wider Health NZ team of staff working in a rural community, which has unique opportunities and challenges.

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.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact [e-mail]

All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 29/10/2026.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.