Opportunity for an experienced senior RN to join our Advanced Nursing Team as a Clinical Nurse Advisor.About the job:This is a permanent 0.9 FTE (36 hrs per week) position, and is essentially an 'after hours' role where you will be the senior clinical lead of the hospital on your shift. You'll be the first responder to clinical emergencies, and support your colleagues to escalate care and manage clinical deterioration. Shifts are PMs or nights Mon to Fri, and days or nights on weekends. On each shift, you will be assigned to cover either Mercy or Ascot Hospital.Responsibilities include:Managing staff, providing leadership and oversight of operational activities during afterhours and weekends.Providing specialist, evidence-based, clinical support and expertise at the bedside to our nursing staff.Using advanced assessment skills to support the clinical assessment of patients causing concern and escalating as appropriate.Monitoring staffing levels and adjusting as required to maintain safe staffing.Liaising with our in-house Bureau to ensure bed allocations and casual staffing are managed appropriately.About You: The role is ideally suited to an experienced RN who has:Current broad clinical experience - able to demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise and leadership.Experience in the ICU/HDU or Emergency Department environment, within NZ/Australia/UK.Current advanced clinical skills e.g. cannulation, phlebotomy, ECG, catheterisation.ACLS certification.The benefits:This position is included in our collective agreement with the NZNO. We offer great NEW pay rates and a range of other benefits that include funded professional development, free parking, Christmas & New Year close-down period, subsidised private health insurance after 2 yrs service, discounts on gym memberships & retail, discounted hospital & pharmacy charges, and wellbeing support programme.About us:We're part of the Healthcare Holdings Group of companies and are New Zealand's largest private surgical facility with 22 theatres across 3 sites (and growing fast!), including an ICU and HDU. Our surgical specialties include: Colorectal/Gastro, Gynae, Urology, Neurology, Oncology, Plastics, Head & Neck (incl free flap reconstructive surgery), ENT/ORL, Orthopaedic/Spinal, Cardiothoracic, and Vascular.If you're an RN looking to advance your clinical career pathway and you believe you have what it takes to join our Advanced Nursing Team, then we look forward to receiving your application. Or, if you'd like more information or a confidential chat, please call Jan Arnold on 09 941 4135.
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