Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Community Nursing

• Hawke’s Bay fallen Soldiers Hospital, Community Nursing 
• Permanent, full time.
• This role will be based in either/both Napier (Napier Health Centre) or Hastings (Hawkes Bay Hospital) sites.
  
   

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role

The responsibility of a Clinical Nurse Coordinator within the Community Nursing Service is to manage the workflow into the service through the monitoring of referrals for services that are received from the primary, secondary and tertiary services as well as NGO’s. To complete the workload management tool daily, which assists to ensure an equitable distribution of patients, that align with the skills of the Registered Nurses rostered on duty. Support the Registered Nurses working in the community environment with the development of clinical skills and competencies required within the service, provide advice for trouble shooting clinical concerns that may arise for the Registered Nurses, and at times provide clinical care in the home or clinic settings. The role requires you to foster and maintain relationships and links across the health sectors (Medical and Nursing teams, Community Health providers, patients and their whanau) The work is varied, rewarding and interesting. If you have not previously worked in the community environment, this a wonderful opportunity to support our staff to provide quality care in the patients’ home and/or clinic environment.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The wider Community Nursing Service teams consist of the District Nursing teams in Napier and Hastings, the Continence, Ostomy, Better Breathing Hawkes Bay (providing respiratory and heart failure rehabilitation and Community Oxygen Therapy) and the Wound and Community Clinical Nurse Specialist teams, as well as Clinical Nurse Coordinators, Health Care Assistants along with administration team support. The services are based at Hawkes Bay Fallen Soldiers Memorial Hospital and Napier Health Centre, requiring you to work from the either base. Referrals are received from the primary, secondary and tertiary health sectors as well as NGO’s.

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About you

You will need the following key attributes and skills:

• Previous experience working in a community setting
• 3 -5 years post graduate experience
• Recent experience within a clinical setting
• Full unendorsed drivers’ licence
• Computer skills
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Reliable and trustworthy
• Previous experience working within a team
• Ability to work autonomously
• Experience in a leadership role

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

How to Apply

To review the position profile, click HERE To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Maree Gladstone, Community Nursing Clinical Nurse Manager via email on maree.gladstone@hbdhb.govt.nz

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