Family History Assessor - New Zealand Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Service (Nzfgcs)

Details of the offer

Expressions of Interest - opportunity to gain new skills and improve outcomes for New Zealand families!

This role is open to Health New Zealand's employees only.

Are you a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Senior Nurse with significant clinical experience working in oncology, gastroenterology, or colorectal surgery?

12-month Secondment opportunity

40 hours, full time Monday to Friday

Based at Wellington Hospital (Newtown)

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

The primary purpose of the role is to provide advanced specialist assessment, diagnosis, clinical management advice, and long-term surveillance recommendations and coordination of care to a specific patient and family population at, or potentially at, increased risk of cancer due to inherited gastrointestinal cancer syndromes. This is an advanced practice role and includes ongoing follow up and clinical oversight of high-risk individuals and families.

This secondment requires significant clinical experience working in oncology, gastroenterology or colorectal surgery. You will need to be comfortable working with scientific data. If you have led your own clinics, this will be an advantage, but full clinical training and support is provided.

Ko wai matou | Our Organisation

The New Zealand Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Services (NZFGCS) is a national service and is part of the National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP) strategy, providing assessment, diagnosis, management advice and care for those individuals and families who have a familial predisposition to gastrointestinal cancers. The national office is based in Auckland hosted by Te Toka Tumai with other offices in Wellington and Christchurch.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, is New Zealand's national health service and leads the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga.

He aha nga painga o tenei mahi mou | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland. In return, we can reward you with a competitive salary, five weeks annual leave and a unique and supportive working environment.

Me pehea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to express your interest for this opportunity, as well as ensure that you address the below questions in your cover letter:

What clinically-based health degree (or equivalent) do you possess?

How many years of clinical experience you possess working with patients?

Do you have clinical experience working in oncology, gastroenterology or colorectal surgery, if so please elaborate?

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Recruitment Consultant, Belinda Peddie at ****** to discuss how we can best support you.

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