Registered Nurse - Darfield Community Hospital

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Registered Nurse - Darfield Community Hospital Registered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand with a current APC;
Ability to work both autonomously and as a sole charge practitioner;
A good understanding of Aged Residential Care (ARC) - compulsory.
Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, leads the day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional, and national levels. It weaves the functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.
The Rural Hospitals include Darfield, Ellesmere, Waikari, and Oxford. We are a unique collective of four rural community ARC facilities providing a combination of palliative care, end-of-life care, respite care, and aged residential care within our local communities. Medical support is readily available from local GPs, Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Older Persons Health Community Gerontology Nurses; we have Allied Health Support available on referral.
We have Registered Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Cooks, Activities Coordinators, and Maintenance/Gardeners working as part of our teams.
Darfield Hospital is based in the Darfield township in the Selwyn District and has 11 beds.
40 minutes to Christchurch Hospital (48 KM)
23 mins to Rolleston (27 KM)
We are a hub for our local community and sometimes have other services that will book to use a space, for example, New-born Hearing, Community Stroke, Rural Community Mental Health plus NGO services from Pegasus, Cancer Society, etc.
We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse 0.6 FTE (24 hours per week) on a fixed-term contract until June 2025. There will be the opportunity to pick up additional hours to cover leave.
Applications are only accepted online, so please visit our website at to complete an application.
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