Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Department

Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialists – Paediatric and Adult Emergency Departments

• Opportunity to make an impact on the health of our community in Counties Manukau
• Permanent Full-Time/Part-time Roles Available

Would you like the opportunity to demonstrate your advanced nursing competencies in one of the busiest Emergency Departments in New Zealand? Here’s where you can really make your mark!

Our Organisation:

Health NZ Counties Manukau is a dynamic and progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health care delivery within the New Zealand Public Health Sector. We continue to work with others to achieve equity in key health indicators for Maaori, Pacific and communities with health disparities and will continue to develop and implement plans, based on local needs to improve the health and wellbeing of Counties Manukau region. Our main sites are Middlemore Hospital, Kidz First Hospital and Manukau Health Park.

We are part of Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. HNZ leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

About the role

We are looking for Nurse Practitioners or experienced Clinical Nurse Specialists to demonstrate their clinical expertise and leadership across either our adult or paediatric areas of the Emergency Department at Middlemore Hospital. We are looking to implement Fast Track pathways in both the Adult and Paediatric waiting rooms, and this role would be well suited to either experienced Nurse Practitioners or Clinical Nurse Specialists who are interested in progressing to a Nurse Practitioner role within 2 – 4 years of commencing employment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide specialist nursing expertise and assessment that supports patient care and optimises health outcomes, working collaboratively with clinicians and professionals across the interdisciplinary team
• Prescribe and administer medications within legislation, codes, scope of practice and in accordance with evidence best practice and clinical practice guidelines
• Apply leadership skills and advanced nursing expertise in a busy and high -pressured environment, working with a range of clinicians and across clinical specialities
• Lead and implement quality improvement initiatives across the service, focusing on benchmarking current practice and integrating evidence best practice to improve patient care and outcomes
• You will be empowered to make decisions or recommendations relating to patient management, while demonstrating a high level of communication and professionalism

About the Service:

Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau is based in South Auckland and is within the largest Health New Zealand Districts across Aotearoa, New Zealand by population and provides employment for more than 7,000 people across the region.

Our people are a large part of the community we serve which makes us passionate about the health of the people living in it. We are a team of talented individuals working together to make a positive difference to the community we serve, work in, and to each other.

With approximately 130,000 adult and paediatric presentations per year our Emergency Department at Middlemore Hospital is one of the busiest in Australasia. Middlemore Hospital is situated in a lower socio-economic area and serves a culturally diverse, high need population with high acuity presentations.

Counties Manukau is a dynamic and progressive organisation that offers an innovative and transformative approach to delivering more effective services and better outcomes for our people, families and communities. 

About you

As a Nurse Practitioner or experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will have a proven commitment to high quality, evidenced base care and have demonstrated a commitment and experience in leading and inspiring others ensuring high quality, safe clinical practice and patient centred care is provided.

• Registered as a Nurse Practitioner with the NZ Nursing Council, with areas of practice relevant to Emergency Medicine
• Current APC
• A minimum of 4 years recent clinical experience in acute nursing care
• Demonstrated expertise in applying best practice standards and providing clinical excellence
• Ability to provide coaching and mentoring

Please apply online at https://info.health.nz/careers/explore-new-zealand/auckland/east-south-counties-manukau or for more information please contact Nancy in the recruitment centre at Nancy.Li@middlemore.co.nz

Applications Close: 2^nd November 2025

Job Number: SSED202516159

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.