Charge Nurse Manager

**Where you’ll be working**:Waikato Hospital

**The details**:Fixed term for 12 months - 80 Hours per fortnight
- **Be part of the national transformation in Health**
- **Chance to advance your nursing career**
- **Opportunity to join our highly supportive team, committed to delivering quality care to patients in all stages of their anesthetic and surgical procedure.**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

We are seeking a senior registered nurse to take on the fixed term position of Charge Nurse Manager - Ward M18 - Surgical assessment and review area & surgical short stay ward. This role is an exciting opportunity and requires a person who is motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic to lead and grow a team with excellent assessment and clinical skills. If you have excellent communication skills, are a team player and want a challenge, this could be the perfect position for you.

**We can offer you**:

- Ongoing mentoring and support for professional development
- Management and leadership educational opportunities

**Click here** to view the position description.**
- (Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)_

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

Ward M18 has 16 inpatient beds alongside a 10 bed surgical assessment unit taking patients direct from ED triage. This model of care is supported by a team of dedicated and skilled nurses to assist and support the flow of patients from ED to inpatient wards or to be discharged home.

**Mōu | About you**

Required skills & experience you will need to be considered for this role:

- Knowledge and understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Designated Senior Nurse Experience, with proven leadership capability
- Demonstrated clinical expertise in a relevant specialty
- Demonstrated highly effective written and verbal communication.
- Quality Management and evidence of embedding this into clinical practice
- People management experience - performance management, conflict resolution and team building
- Post graduate qualification

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

**Te iwi Ngakaunui - People at Heart**
- Whakamana - Give and earn respect
- Whakaronga - Listen to me; Talk to me
- Mauri Pai - Fair play
- Whakapakari - Growing the good
- Kotahitanga - Stronger together

It is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.

We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.

Here at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients - directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.

Te Whatu Ora, Waikato serves the largest Māori population and third largest Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary, teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres. Clinical specialities include Women’s and Children Services, Cardiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oncology and Haematology, Surgical services, and Mental Health and Addiction. Waikato Hospital is the Midland regional referral centre for multiple specialties including trauma surgery, oncology, and neurology.

We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply. We proactively develop pathways that maximise opportunity for Māori and encourage Māori to apply.

**He aha Waikato**

Waikato is the fourth largest region in Aotearoa New Zealand and located just south of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It features a wide range of world-class outdoor and cultural experiences. You can surf the world-famous beaches of Whāingaroa Raglan, swim at the beautiful beaches of the Kapanga Coromandel, hike our majestic mountain ranges, tour the Hobbiton shire, experience the magic of the Waitomo glow worm caves, and encounter a vast array of flora and fauna at the remarkable Maungatautari Ecological Reserve.

Waikato is the home of the Kiingitanga and