Nurse Specialist
4 weeks ago
**Nurse Specialist - Neurology**, Starship Child Health**
- **New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital**:
- **Senior Nursing Leadership Opportunity - Permanent, Full-time**:
- **Lead and drive service outcomes, innovation, continuous improvement and quality**:
- **Foster the provision of positive outcomes and experiences for tamariki and their whanau**.**
**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**
We have a permanent fulltime position available
Paediatric neurology is the branch of medicine that diagnoses and manages babies, children and teenagers who have disorders of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles. It involves looking after patients requiring outpatient review of neurological problems and longer-term management of patients with chronic disorders. You will also coordinate the planned inpatient and day stay for treatment.
The service and our inpatient care are based at Starship Children’s Hospital. There are outpatient clinics in Starship Hospital and at regional centres including Whangārei, Wilson Home (Waitemata), Manukau SuperClinic (Counties Manukau), Tauranga, Hamilton, Rotorua, Hastings (Hawkes Bay), Gisborne and New Plymouth (Taranaki).
An opportunity has risen for a Nurse Specialist in the Neuro muscular Portfolio working with mokopuna with Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with Starship Child Health. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic, progressive, and can be terminal, rare disease, You will be working to set up and maintain the nusinersen (Spinraza) programme recently funded by Pharmac.
The Nurse Specialist is an expert in assessment skills, diagnostic reasoning, knowledge of management options and monitoring underpin practice. This role has specialist knowledge of complex conditions which is central to the role. Case management and coordination of the patient and their whānau with health professionals and inpatient areas is integral.
For all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the position description.
**_To know more about the role or to have a confidential chat before applying, please contact Helen Waldron, Nurse Unit Manager -Medical, Starship Child Health on + 6421 706 037 or Dr Gina O’Grady-Paediatric Neurologist on + 6427 422 2988._**
**Ko wai mātou | Who are we**
Te Toka Tumai Auckland is part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s National Health Service. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.
Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Te Toka Tumai Auckland and is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children. Auckland City Hospital is NZ’s largest public tertiary hospital which has strong ties with University of Auckland and provides extensive teaching and training opportunities.
**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**
**To be successful you will**:
- Have NZ Nursing Registration with a current Annual Practicing Certificate
- Be legally entitled to work in New Zealand
- Have Postgraduate certificate/diploma in specialty nursing practice
- Have Project management experience
- Have minimum level 4 practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of nursing professional development issues
- Have a Masters degree in nursing or health related area (Desired)
- Have at least 5 years of nursing experience (Desired)
- Have experience in a Paediatric and/or Neurology setting (Desired)
**He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here**
- A unique and rewarding work environment that provides a high level of job satisfaction and is always interesting
- An opportunity to grow both as a person and as a professional
- Continuing Professional Development entitlement
- Financial recognition of senior nursing levels as per nationally-agreed multi-employer collective agreements
For more information on what we offer, please click here.
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