Clinical Nurse Specialist - Pain Service at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Whanganui, Manawatu / Whanganui

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Clinical Nurse Specialist Pain Service:

Whanganui Hospital,

Permanent, part time 0.5 FTE

Theatre Services

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

This position plays a key role in delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred pain management across Theatre Services and wider clinical areas. You will provide advanced clinical expertise, support service development, and contribute to ongoing education for staff involved in pain management.

About the Team/Service/ Location

We are seeking Registered Nurses to join our dedicated team in Theatre Services. The successful applicants will be required to work in a Monday to Friday capacity supporting the needs of the Pain service.

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About you

This role requires high level communication abilities to effectively liaise at all levels.  Demonstrating a confident, positive, resilient and supportive, manner, the successful candidate will enjoy working in a very precise, structured, challenging and planned environment and will ideally possess the following skills and abilities:

• Relevant and current New Zealand health qualifications including an Annual Practicing Certificate, with the desire and commitment to continue a professional development programme.
• Previous Designated Senior Nurse (DSN) role experience
• Post Graduate qualification preferred.
• A Passion for a speciality position which will require an ongoing teaching component for practitioners across all specialities and departments.
• Experience working independently and interdependently, assuming accountability and responsibility for your actions, making critical decisions in challenging and complex situations. This will include the opportunity to facilitate nurse led pain clinics.
• Sound organisational abilities to prioritise, delegate and meet required timelines
• Basic computer literacy

For the right person, this position offers a challenging and satisfying opportunity to work across all inpatients wards, PACU, theatre services the Outpatients department and contribute to supporting the teaching within the pain service.

As a Designated Senior Nurse

Primarily this role provides patient centred care, ensuring safe care is delivered in collaboration with patients and Whanau and a multidisciplinary specialist team to ensure successful outcomes.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.  

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by the close date. If you have any questions about the role, please contact jobs@wdhb.org.nz 

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