Palliative Care Nurse

Te Omanga Hospice is a charitable trust that provides specialist palliative care to patients and their whānau in the Hutt Valley living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Our vision is that everyone with palliative needs in our community receives equitable, responsive, and proactive care. We hold our values close to our heart, with respect, partnership, compassion and learning at the core of everything we do.

We celebrate different perspectives and are committed to creating an equal and inclusive workplace. The community we support is diverse, and it is important to us that diversity is reflected in the team here at Te Omanga.

**Te Omanga is more than just a hospice.**

We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse to join our Inpatient Nursing Team. This is a position that requires palliative care knowledge and a desire to work in this specialised field.

We offer a wonderful, purpose built, work environment where you will be a valued member of a dedicated and specialist Multi-Disciplinary Team.

**Working at Te Omanga**

Our workforce is important to us; therefore we offer:
**Professional Development opportunities **including rostered non-clinical days, funded external and internal education and opportunity to attend conferences.

**A supportive environment** enhanced by acuity-based nurse-patient ratios, a wellness programme, and clinical supervision.

Working at Te Omanga is about more than just a job. Working here you will be a part of a respected community organisation that makes a real difference for people at one of the most difficult times in their lives. We deliver specialist palliative care across a range of integrated services prioritising care in people’s homes. We are there at the more challenging times of their illness trajectory. Supporting this is our 8-bed inpatient unit which provides 24/7 nursing and medical oversight during acute palliative care episodes.

Te Omanga is always evolving and growing to meet the needs of this community. Working here you will have the opportunity to take your nursing to the next level and be an active contributor to quality improvement and service development.

We have a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion ensuring our entire community has the ability to access individualised Palliative Care in the manner that they require when they require it. It is this commitment to the uniqueness of each individual that underpins our holistic philosophy.

Our workforce is important to us. Te Omanga is a values-based organisation where we embrace:
**Respect**
- Working within a strong multi-disciplined team
- Person centred, family friendly management processes and practices.
- Clear managerial reporting lines with a horizontal approach to leadership within the team
- Two way, open and transparent communication
- Strong professional boundaries with an open mind to difference.
- Nursing representation on all committees and quality initiatives

**Partnership**
- Person centred, plus family/whanau, holistic care approach
- The principles of Te Tiriti O Waitangi and Te Whare Tapa Wha are inherent to the palliative care approach
- Equity focussed Quality, People and Culture strategy & Framework
- Integrated Nursing services with Hospital, Aged Care and Primary Care
- Nursing team supported by a skilled medical team and allied health services with access to counsellors, social workers, OT, PT, Māori Liaison, Art Therapy, Music Therapy and spiritual care.
- Safe nurse caseloads and patient ratios to allow time to deliver holistic care

**Compassion**
- Te Omanga supports it clinical staff to deliver a holistic model of care for all.
- Work closely with people from diverse cultural backgrounds ensuring equity for all.
- Workforce centred people policies and processes - Clinical Supervision and EAP available
- Initiatives to support staff physical and emotional wellbeing
- Nurse patient ratios to support time to deliver holistic care
- Non task orientated nursing care that allows empathy and caring to take the lead

**Learning**
- Monthly non-clinical day for education, profession development, quality improvement
- Free access to our internal education opportunities
- An education allowance to attend external training.
- Opportunities to attend conference nationally and internationally
- Professional clinical supervision
- Actively supported PDRP

Our values make Te Omanga a special place to work. A dedicated, dynamic service that still knows how to have fun and get the work done.

If you want to be part of our team, and a part of the future of Specialist Palliative Care for the Hutt Valley Community then let us hear from you.