Casual District Nurse

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

**Location**: Kapiti Health Centre site

**Service**: Kapiti Health Centre Warrimoo Street Paraparaumu

**Contract**: Casual shifts as required, no permanent shifts, morning shifts are from 8am to 16.30pm

**Salary**: $89,868 to $95,230
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
This Casual Distict Nurse position would suit an experienced RN, who would like to use your skills and knowledge with more autonomy, we have a position for you in our Kapiti District Nurse team.
The Kapiti District Nursing team place a high emphasis on cultural diversity and having a team that reflects the cultural needs of its community. We are committed to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and seek highly motivated people to support this commitment.
District nursing (DN - s) is a multi-faceted role which is evolving quickly and we need compassionate, dynamic RN - s to join our supportive team.
We offer casual shifts as required, no permanent shifts, morning shifts are from 8am to 16.30pm. District Nurses have access to regular in-service training, study days and associated post-registration academic study through local institutions. The District Nurses directly contribute to service development through regular team and Service Improvement Group (SIG) meetings.
If you have previous community nursing experience or a background in palliative care/medical/wound care we would like to hear from you. We would also be delighted to hear from nurses from other backgrounds, as we provide a solid orientation period. Police vetting is required if not currently employed by C&CDHB.

**To be successful in this role**:

- Current Annual Practicing Certificate as a Registered Nurse with the NZ Nursing Council.
- Previous experience in district nursing position and experience/interest in working in the community setting.
- On the PDRP, or willing to work towards.
- Board range of experience in clinical nursing experience of at least five years.
- Able to develop and maintain relationships with other community healthcare providers.
- Ability to work collaboratively.
- Team player and have excellent decision making skills.
- A driver licenceThe position covers morning shifts 8am to 16.30pm, Monday to Sunday, as required.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team
District nurses support the discharge of patients from hospital health service (HSS) into the Wellington Kenepuru and Kapiti community setting, and supports GP practice community patients. District Nurses work in the community setting with patients receiving home intervention such as intra venous therapy, palliative care, wound care, compression bandaging, Doppler assessment, medication management, stoma care, incontinence care and respiratory care, home oxygen therapy. The district nurses work with Community Health, Health Care Assistants (HCA - s) team, assessing patients who require home personal cares and then handing over the patient care to the HCA - s.
Moū - About you
This position would suit an experienced RN with a background in community, primary health or medical nursing, who would like to work in an autonomous role, specialist role that is based in the secondary health sector.
E pā ana ki a tatou - About us
Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

**To find out more about us click on the following links**:
Capital and Coast
Hutt Valley
Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service
Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply
Your safety and that of our patients is important to us. It is our expectation that you will be fully vaccinated against COVID 19, having received two doses of an approved COVID 19 vaccination.
Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai
By joining together we will succeed