Registered Nurse - Emergency Department - Thames at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waikato, Waikato

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Where you’ll be working: Thames Hospital

The details: Permanent - part time - rostered 

•  Be part of the national transformation in Health
•  Come and join us in Thames, the gateway to the Coromandel!

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

The Emergency Department at Thames Hospital is seeking a motivated and energetic registered nurse to become part of their friendly team.

We have a focus on excellent, quality care and are committed to improving the experience of patients and their whanau. We actively encourage and support ongoing professional development with access to post graduate education and specialty specific training, e.g. triage training.

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Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

Thames Hospital is part of Te Whatu Ora – Health NZ – Waikato district, and is set against the hills on the Coromandel Peninsula in Aotearoa, New Zealand’s North Island. We are a fully modernised rural and secondary hospital services, providing healthcare for a catchment population of 45,000. This population swells significantly over the summer holidays as the wider country makes their way to their favourite vacation destinations across the Coromandel.

Our hospital provides a 15 bed consultant-led emergency department seeing 18,000 patients per year which is supported by 24/7 laboratory and radiology services, including CT. The inpatient unit has 48 beds split between general medicine, low acuity surgery and rehabilitation. We maintain a busy day surgery service and outpatient clinic with our both own consultants providing treatment in addition to specialist consultants who visit daily during the week and provide a range of specialist services.

Our region boasts some of the country’s most spectacular surf and swimming beaches and is a haven for mountain bikers, divers, fishers, hikers and outdoors enthusiasts. Thames is less than two hours’ drive to the major centres of Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua and their major airports. The hospital also has a 24/7 access staff on-site gym that enables you to meet all of your fitness goals no matter the time of year.

Mōu | About you

Required skills & experience you will need to be consider for this role:

• A current annual practicing certificate

• Emergency nursing experience

• Excellent communication skills

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

Te iwi Ngakaunui – People at Heart

• Whakamana – Give and earn respect

• Whakaronga – Listen to me; Talk to me

• Mauri Pai – Fair play

• Whakapakari – Growing the good

• Kotahitanga – Stronger together

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please apply directly online, applications are not able to be accepted via email. For any queries about the role please contact Elysia.Koretz@waikatodhb.health.nz

Closing date: 23 January 2023

COVID-19:

A national Vaccination Policy which includes COVID19 is under development. In the interim, a Health and Safety Risk Assessment against the requirements of the role will apply to unvaccinated candidates and employees and appropriate risk mitigation (e.g. extra PPE, RAT testing) may be taken as a result. Please note that when a Vaccination Policy is introduced it will apply to this role and need to be supported.