• Permanent full-time senior nursing position available to join Neurosciences B8 / NPCU
• Largest inpatient neuroscience facility in the South Island with a Progressive Care Unit
• Dedicated Education Unit

Mō te tūnga | About the role

Do you have extensive recent experience in Neurosurgery and Neurology?

B8 / NPCU is a busy, acute ward caring for patients with neurological conditions including; brain tumours, head injuries, spinal tumours, movement disorders and seizures. As the largest inpatient neuroscience facility in the South Island it is a busy medical and surgical environment caring for a complex patient group with a diverse range of neurological and neurosurgical conditions. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior nurse to join our team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Currently working as a senior nurse, your passion and clinical expertise in this area will place you perfectly as a specialist resource for the team, providing valuable support and education to new and existing staff and nursing students. A confident communicator, you will easily establish quality relationships and ensure exceptional ongoing service delivery for our service users.

• This role will see you:
  
•   Providing leadership in clinical practice.
•   Acting as a resource for new and existing staff, and students.
•   Assist the Charge Nurse Manager to continue the nursing education focus in pursuit of clinical excellence.
•   Promoting nursing research and evidence based practice.
  

We are looking for someone who is committed and passionate to succeed in this role and who as a positive role model will work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure high standards of care and improved patient outcomes are attained. 

Working

• Full-time 

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience

• You will be an experienced Registered Nurse with a current NZ practicing certificate - this is a senior nursing role
• You will be an advanced nursing practitioner with demonstrated leadership & expert clinical skills 
• Motivated and flexible self-starter with the ability to work both in a team and autonomously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skillsand the proven ability to engage people at all levels.
• Innovative in your approach, providing creative solutions and undertaking quality initiatives and research that will continually improve patient outcomes.
• You will either hold or be working towards a relevant post graduate qualification.

Mō mātou - About us

From July last year the Canterbury DHB transitioned across to Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ. This is a great opportunity to make a difference at a time of significant change in the healthcare sector.

Waitaha Canterbury is considered a world leader in its people centred approach to health care. We have a unique one health system approach focused on providing "the right care and support, to the right person, at the right time and in the right place." We plan, fund and deliver health services to the almost 600,000 New Zealanders that live in the Canterbury region.

We are proud of how we do things. We have a way of working that we consider unique. It's about trying new things, listening to ideas from wherever they come from and working together as one.

We are passionate about attracting, recruiting and retaining talented people - become part of our team.

Ngā hua - Benefits

Being part of the Canterbury District Health Board, you will enjoy a fantastic benefits scheme, the opportunity for flexible working arrangements and ongoing focus on your career development.

Tono ināianei - Apply Now

Applications are only accepted online so please visit our website at www.cdhbcareers.co.nz complete an application.

Enquiries: Natalie Gaunt - Recruitment Specialist - Natalie.Gaunt@cdhb.health.nz

The role that you are applying for is one that may only be performed by a person who has been vaccinated against Covid-19. It is therefore a condition of this application that you are vaccinated against Covid-19. This vaccination requirement includes gaining Booster Doses required to perform your role under the Health Order. As a person working in the health and disability sector you will meet many people, some of whom may be vulnerable.  Without a vaccine, there is the risk that you may contract Covid-19.  The requirement to be vaccinated is to keep you safe and also to endeavour to protect others against the potential transmission of Covid-19 as a result of you contracting it in the course of your employment.