Nurse Specialist

•  Exciting Senior Nurse or Senior Anaesthetic Technician Opportunity! 
• Permanent- Part time (0.5 FTE) position
• Location – Greenlane Clinical Centre

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) or Anaesthetic Technician (AT) to work in our Anaesthesia Preadmission Assessment Clinic, as part of an existing Nurse Specialist team. We are looking for an RN or AT with at least one years’ previous experience in anaesthesia preadmission who is seeking advanced practice in their career plan.

This is a permanent role working 0.5 FTE, Monday to Sunday.

You will provide specialist care and coordination of the elective patients through the anaesthetic preadmission process. This role involves working as part of a multidisciplinary team with close liaison specifically with anaesthesia, surgical services and patient administration services.

There will be strong links to the primary care providers for optimising therapies prior to surgery, and you will be liaising with a number of internal and external agencies to manage follow through on complex patient referrals to other providers. The role also includes preoperative patient assessment, education and instruction.

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For more information, please contact Bron Taylor, Associate Nurse Director Perioperative Services on : btaylor@adhb.govt.nz

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

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

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

You will be an expert/senior RN or AT with relevant clinical experience and have a Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma or Masters in specialty clinical practice. You will have knowledge within both perioperative and surgical nursing and be keen to develop your career specialising in the preadmission process for patients presenting for surgery.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here
We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai | Auckland.

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Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Apply now at www.careers.adhb.govt.nz quoting job title and reference number ADHB21963
Please attach a Cover Letter and your latest CV.

If you have any queries about this opportunity or accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Michelle Kanth, Recruitment Consultant at michelle.kanth@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz to discuss how we can best support your application.

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