Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

The Whanganui District Health Board serves a population of 68,395* and includes residents of the Whanganui and Rangitikei Territorial Authority areas, as well as the Ruapehu Territorial Authority area wards of Waimarino and Waiouru – known as South Ruapehu.

Our district is home to a higher percentage of children and young people, with 20.2 percent under 15 years of age, of which 43 percent are of Māori ethnicity. This reflects the younger Māori population of our rohe compared to the rest of the country.

Whanganui has a higher than average population of older aged citizens – with 19.7 percent older than 65 years of age (compared to 15.4 percent for the rest of the country in 2018). As older people, like young people, are high healthcare users, this demographic change has significant implications for future provision of health services.

*Data based on Ministry of Health and Census 2018 data sources

Please visit www.wdhb.org.nz for more about our Hospital

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

The Critical Care Team provides the following types of health care, depending on patient needs:

• intensive care (for patients needing to be on a ventilator or require constant observation)
• coronary care (for patients with heart problems)
• high-dependency medical care (for patients requiring non-invasive ventilation or high care needs)
• surgical care (for major post-operative patients).

The unit has six beds and six telemetry units at its disposal.  Our skill mix that we require is a mix of High Dependency Medical and Surgical, Coronary Care Unit and Intensive Care unit, we predominately care for adults with children being moved to tertiary facilities.

Some CCU nurses are also part of Whanganui Hospital's flight team, who fly angiography patients to Wellington and other patients to specialist hospitals where required. 

Whanganui Hospital is considered a Rural Hospital therefore some of our CCU patients are often transferred to tertiary hospitals in the north Island. 

The CCU is co-located with the hospital's Emergency Department, and Children's and Maternity Wards to provide patients with a smooth transition between departments when necessary.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

Whanganui has something for everyone our centrally located region offers access to outdoor activities such as kayaking, skiing, surfing, tramping, cycling, fishing and hunting.  There are a good selection of schools and plenty of areas to take the family out and play.

Whanganui is nestled between 2 snow-capped mountains, on the banks of Whanganui River so there is always plenty to do. Whanganui has the best value for money real estate in NZ and has been voted prettiest city. 

As Wanganui is centrally located access to airports makes travelling nationally and internationally a breeze.

Whanganui Hospital is located in the centre of this beautiful region, our DHB encourages a relaxed and healthy work life balance which is a great reason to consider us.

You can discover more about Whanganui here: www.discoverwhanganui.nz

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role.

For more information please contact Julie Whyte, Recruitment Coordinator Julie.whyte@wdhb.org.nz

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