Nurse Specialist

**Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care Service**

**Permanent position **0.9 FTE**

**Join us to be part of New Zealand’s largest hospital and leading edge, teaching & research focused health provider**
- **Outstanding Senior Nursing Leadership Opportunity**:

- **Professional development and further education opportunities**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) is New Zealand’s largest public provider of healthcare. Auckland City Hospital provides a state of the art facility and an exciting new environment for the provision of nursing care.

We recognise that a life-limiting condition has a profound impact on individuals’ and family/whānau members’ health and well-being, and palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families/ whānau through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification, assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

The Service is looking for a Senior Nurse to join their hospital consult team. Your primary focus is the provision of specialist advice to support adult inpatients with complex needs related to a life limiting illness. As the Nurse Specialist, you will be able to demonstrate expert knowledge, advanced clinical skills, and be an excellent communicator and will work in collaboration with other Nurse Specialists and multidisciplinary team members across the continuum of care. The role encompasses clinical, teaching, leadership and research functions.

**As the ideal person for this role you will have**:

- Previous experience in either a specialist Palliative Care Service or Oncology is essential
- Interact effectively with a multi-disciplinary team and service members
- Excellent supervisory, communication and problem-solving skills are essential in order to relate to and work with patients, family members and staff and at all levels
- Have NZ Nursing registration with a current Annual Practicing Certificate
- Post graduate qualifications preferable

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

We are Te Whatu Ora, Te Toka Tumai, Auckland. 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.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

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**He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here**

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai | Auckland DHB.

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**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply