Public Health Nurse
3 days ago
**Public Health Nurse - Palmerston North - Central**
- **Contribute to transforming the future of health**:
- **Location: Palmerston North**:
- **Permanent full-time or part-time**:
- **Paid on the relevant nursing collective**
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations — from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.
**About the Role**
We currently have several opportunities available to join our team as a **Public Health Nurse.** These are permanent roles, with various positions available between 0.6 and 1.0FTE.
In this role, you will deliver public health nursing services across the community. Public health nursing includes assessment of population health, attention to the multiple determinants of health, an emphasis on primary prevention, and continued commitment to best evidence-based public health nursing practice.
**About the Team/Service/ Location**
The public health nursing team is part of the National Public Health Service (NPHS) within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, and works towards Pae Ora (healthy futures for all) by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.
**About you**
**Skills and Experience**
- Current registration with the Nursing Council of New Zealand as a Registered Nurse.
- Preferably 3+ years clinical experience, although other levels of experience, including New Graduate Nurses, will be considered.
- Be prepared to work towards, or already are, an authorised vaccinator.
- Able to demonstrate clinical expertise and sound clinical judgement.
- Hold a currently assessed nursing portfolio as assessed via an approved Professional Development Recognition Programme (PDRP) or working towards completion within an agreed timeframe.
- Preferably, Child and Adolescent health-related experience; however, experience in other relevant settings is considered.
- Ability to work within a team and autonomously in a rural setting.
- Preferably, experience and competence using Patient Management Systems.
- An eye for detail and commitment to continuous quality improvement.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Full, clean New Zealand driver's licence.
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