Charge Nurse

**Charge Nurse - Paediatric Operating Rooms, Starship Child Health**
- Exciting Rare Opportunity
- Full time senior nursing role
- New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital

**_Do you have PACU experience? Want to make a difference to the Post Op care for our Tamariki and Whanau?_**

Here is a great PACU opportunity to use your clinical and management skills to lead a dynamic, high functioning PACU team Come and be our new Charge Nurse of our Paediatric Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU).

**_Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity_**

Our Paediatric Perioperative Services has a fantastic opportunity for a passionate experienced PACU nurse to lead the clinical activities of our recovery unit and provide clinical and management leadership to the PACU team in the Charge Nurse role.

The Operating Rooms at Starship Children's Hospital cover Acute/ Emergency and elective procedures in the paediatric specialties of General, Complex Congenital, Thoracic, Urology, Endoscopy, Oncology, ORL, Dental, Head and Neck, Orthopaedics, Spinal, Plastics and Cardiac. We provide post-operative care to patients having GA outside the OR suite such as radiotherapy, MRI, CT, CIR and other radiology areas. We care for neonates and children up to 15 years of age from the greater Auckland region and the South Pacific.

For all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the position description.

**_Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills_**
- either have or be eligible for registration with NZ Nursing Council as a Registered Nurse.
- be an experienced PACU Nurse with 5+ years of post-anaesthetic care nursing with extensive experience, ideally with paediatric PACU experience
- be able to provide clinical support, expertise, knowledge and leadership to the unit and staff, to ensure quality patient care.
- have well-developed communication, critical thinking skills and a commitment to family centred care
- have a strong commitment to quality healthcare***

**If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you**

**_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.

**_He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here_**

**What we can offer you**:

- A unique and rewarding work environment that provides a high level of job satisfaction
- An opportunity to grow both as a person and as a professional
- Comprehensive and well-structured orientation programme with good clinical support to help you achieve the familiarisation and orientation competencies for your area
- 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.

**_Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply_