Nurse Director

3 weeks ago

Whangarei, New Zealand Northland - Te Tai Tokerau Health NZ Full time

Northland - Te Tai Tokerau Health NZ – Whangarei, North Island

  • Nursing and Midwifery Directorate - Whangarei Hospital
  • Permanent full time 1.0 FTE, working 40 hours per week
  • The Nurse Director: General is a key nursing leadership position and is viewed as the representative of the Chief Nurse

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, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role and Service

  • The Nurse Director: General is a key nursing leadership position within Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau. The Nurse Director provides overall leadership for the strategic direction, day to day operations, quality and clinical governance and professional development in general nursing services to ensure nurses deliver sustainable results in the organisation's key result areas.
  • The primary purpose of this role is to:
  • Lead nursing quality and safety performance ensuring nurses contribute to and meet key organisational objectives
  • Contribute to Te Tai Tokerau nursing leadership to enable the delivery of a high performing health system focused on service delivery and outcomes
  • The Nurse Director: General will act as a Māori health champion and promote Te Tiriti o Waitangi in action across nursing

About you

  • New Zealand Registered Nurse with a current Annual Practising Certificate
  • Masters degree in nursing, health, Maori health or health management
  • Leadership experience and abilities with a flexible and collaborative leadership style
  • Sound understanding of professional ethics
  • Change management and quality improvement practice and experience
  • Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
  • Experience in projects / initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principles and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.

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 whānau 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 Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click “apply now.”All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on1 December 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Recruitment at****@northlanddhb.org.nz

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