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

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Where you’ll be working: Tokoroa Hospital & Community Nursing, Southern Rural Health Service

The details: Permanent – 56 rostered hours per fortnight (0.7FTE)

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

We are seeking experienced registered nurses who will embrace the challenge of rural nursing. Our team comprises of inpatient, outpatient and emergency departments as well as community nurses (district and public health nurses).

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Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

Tokoroa Hospital is part of the Waikato DHB and is located centrally in the North Island of New Zealand. Tokoroa boasts a natural beauty of pine trees, forestry, and rolling green hills of dairy farming. Rotorua, Taupo, Ruapehu skifields, and Tauranga beaches are all easily accessible within a 1 - 1 ½ hour drive. Here you can access some of the most exhilarating outdoor activities ranging from lake, river and mountain activities, snow skiing, hunting, trout fishing, glow worm caves and rafting.

The South Waikato is rapidly growing region, there are a variety of new large industrial operations being built and new housing developments in construction in both Tokoroa and Putaruru. Ideal for a whole family relocation.

Tokoroa Hospital has a 17 bed inpatient unit, a busy emergency department, a four bed primary birthing unit, outpatients department serviced by visiting specialists and a number of community services. GP practices and other health providers are co-located on the site.

This role will be predominantly working in the Emergency Department at Tokoroa Hospital. In line with our workforce plan we are developing skilled staff that can cover many areas within the team.

Mōu | About you

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

• NZ work visa & current Annual Practicing Certificate
• Experience working as an Registered Nurse in New Zealand
• 2 years post graduate experience and/or escort or transfer of patient experience
• Triage and/or plastering skills would be desirable

We are seeking candidates that can demonstrate transferable skills that will match our team requirements, the ability to work in a busy unpredictable work environment, the ability to engage and work collaboratively in our integrated team, and show application of any tertiary learning to practice.

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

It is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.

We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.

Here at Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients – directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.

Te Whatu Ora, Waikato serves the largest Māori population and third largest Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary, teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres. Clinical specialities include Women’s and Children Services, Cardiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oncology and Haematology, Surgical services, and Mental Health and Addiction. Waikato Hospital is the Midland regional referral centre for multiple specialties including trauma surgery, oncology, and neurology.

We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply. We proactively develop pathways that maximise opportunity for Māori and encourage Māori to apply.

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 Nicole.Rickard@waikatodhb.health.nz

Closing date: 8 February 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.