Where you'll be working: Waikato Hospital The details: Permanent – Full time
Salary details: NZNO MECA + KiwiSaver
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, whanau-centred care, and excellence.
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
We are seeking a Registered Nurse to fill the senior nursing leadership position of Associate Charge Nurse Manager in the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit here at Waikato Hospital. This is a 1.0FTE (80 hours per fortnight) permanent position where you will work Monday – Friday with two days per week coordinating in the clinical setting.
Our PACU provides care to patients recovering from local, regional and general anaesthesia. This patient demographic requires comprehensive monitoring and highly skilled nurses to manage their care. PACU is a dynamic environment where the workload can be intense and unpredictable. Patients from all surgical specialities will enter PACU, and this makes it an ideal environment in which to learn and grow.
The role of the Associate Charge Nurse Manager includes championing change processes, promoting staff and patient safety and advocating for the service within the department. You will also be responsible for recruiting and retaining team members alongside the CNM and other ACNM. You will work closely with, and under the direction of, the Charge Nurse Manager.
We offer ongoing mentoring and support for professional development as well as management and leadership educational opportunities.
We have a highly supportive team, committed to delivering quality care to patients in all stages of their anaesthetic and surgical procedure.
If this sounds like something you would enjoy, please apply.
Key responsibilities of the role:
Manage systems, processes and resources that enable staff to meet the needs of patient/tangata whaiora in an efficient and effective manner
Provide clinical leadership for multi-disciplinary team
Provide professional leadership to the nursing team, developing nursing services and monitoring quality, including standards of practice and service standards
Contribute to the achievement of strategic direction for defined areas
Foster a professional environment, effective communication and contribute to an environment of mutual respect.
Mo tatou Ratonga | About our Service
Our Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit is a critical care environment and is located adjacent to our Operating Theatres. Main PACU has 28-bed capacity and services 24 Operating Theatres from every surgical specialty. In addition, we care for patients from Interventional Radiology, Endoscopy, and Cardiac Cath Lab who have received general anaesthesia. PACU nurses are also deployed to outlying areas around the hospital where patients require recovery from anaesthesia, e.g. delivery suite, CT, MRI and ECT.
On average approximately 100 patients receive operations each day Monday to Friday and a further 40-50 surgeries are performed each weekend.
Our Anaesthetic Assessment Clinic provides preoperative optimization of patients to ensure the best outcomes for the anaesthetic journey. The clinic is run with an SMO, RMO and 4 PACU nurses as well as Enrolled Nurse. Any patients due for elective surgery, the team will be triaging, assessing and referring patients for interventions.
Mou | About you
A minimum of 5 years' recent experience in an acute care or critical care setting;
The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and have excellent time management skills;
Exhibit motivation and enthusiasm;
Demonstrate strong leadership skills with highly developed interpersonal skills;
Have a strong focus on quality;
Working toward or have already obtained post-graduate qualification – post-graduate certificate minimum requirement.
Working for 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. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.
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.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whanau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
Please click 'Apply online' or apply via our Waikato Careers Website by clicking here. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 8 December 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Monique Wilson at ******.
Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.
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