District Nurse at Capital & Coast District Health Board (Wellington), Wellington Community

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora ' Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

Location:   Wellington Regional Hospital

Service:     Community Health Service Wellington

Contract:   Permanent Part time 0.9 FTE

Salary:      NZNO MECA Community Nurse and Midwife scale, Step 5 to 8 - $78.745 to $88,757 prorate to hours worked

Kōrero mō te tūranga ' About the role

This District Nurse 0.9 FTE, 72 hours  per fortnight position would suit an experienced RN, who would like to use your skills and knowledge with more autonomy, we have a position for you in our Wellington District Nurse team.

District nursing (DN's) is a multi-faceted role which is evolving quickly and we need compassionate, dynamic RN's to join our supportive team.

We offer a flexible approach to rostered, rotating and on-call hours. District Nurses have access to regular in-service training, study days and associated post-registration academic study through local institutions. The District Nurses directly contribute to service development through regular team and Service Improvement Group (SIG) meetings.

If you have previous community nursing experience or a background in palliative care/medical/wound care we would like to hear from you.  We would also be delighted to hear from nurses from other backgrounds, as we provide a solid orientation period. Police vetting is required if not currently employed by C&CDHB.

The position covers morning shift 8am to 16.30pm, afternoons 1.30pm to 22.00pm, Monday to Sunday as per rostered and rotating shifts.

Mō tō mātou rōpū ' About our team

District nurses support the discharge of patients from hospital health service (HSS) into the Wellington community setting, and supports GP practice community patients. District Nurses work in the community setting with patients receiving home intervention such as intra venous therapy, palliative care, wound care, compression bandaging, Doppler assessment, medication management, stoma care, incontinence care and respiratory care, home oxygen therapy. The district nurses work with Community Health, Health Care Assistants (HCA's) team, assessing patients who require home personal cares and then handing over the patient care to the HCA's.

Moū ' About you

This position would suit an experienced RN with driver licence who has background in community, primary health or medical nursing, who would like to work in an autonomous role, specialist role that is based in the secondary health sector. 

E pā ana ki a tatou ' About us

Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast DHB

Hutt Valley DHB

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

We require all our employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with an approved vaccine, including have had one booster vaccination. We are not accepting applications that do not meet this criteria.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed