Charge Nurse

Exciting Senior Nurse Opportunity to hone your skills
Permanent -fulltime position available
Location -Auckland City Hospital.

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity is available for a highly motivated and innovative senior Registered Nurse for the role of Charge Nurse, Ward 78, General Surgery.
Ward 78 is dedicated to providing surgical nursing care for General Surgery patients receiving planned and acute care, including the trauma, hepatobiliary, upper gastro-intestinal and gastroenterological patient cohorts.
As the Charge Nurse, you will responsible for ensuring the safe and effective delivery of clinical nursing care to patients and their whanau. On a daily basis, you will be able to demonstrate your clinical and professional leadership while leading and supporting the nursing team in all aspects of nursing care management within the ward. This is a key senior nursing role and you will be working closely with the Nurse Unit Manager, Clinicians and multidisciplinary teams to deliver world-class health care.
This is a fulltime position working 40 hrs/week, Monday to Friday, based at Te Toka Tumai Auckland
To learn more about the role, please click here to view the position description.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills
You will ideally be an experienced senior Registered Nurse with leadership experience in a tertiary hospital preferably within surgical services. You will have excellent communication skills and will be a driver of quality improvement initiatives with the focus on patient safety and excellence in delivery of care.
- Advanced clinical practice knowledge - at least 3 years at a senior nursing level with demonstrated leadership experience at this level and have experience working in a fast paced setting
- Commitment to providing excellent care
- Strong accountability for resource and budget management
- Current NZ Nursing Council Registration and an annual practicing certificate
- A commitment to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Demonstrated expertise in setting standards and managing practice to achieve these
- Ability to provide coaching and address performance issues
- Ideally, you will have completed or working towards a post-graduate qualification.

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.

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.
For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply