District Nurse Casual

Work location - Based Primarily - **Hauraki Thames Coromandel Community Services**
- Hours: casual, no set hours / days
- Employment type - Casual

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

We are seeking an **experienced Registered Nurse** to join the Hauraki Thames Coromandel District Nursing team in a casual position.

**About the Role**
- There are no set hours / days with this role.
- The District Nurse Service provides services 7 days a week 0800- 1630hrs.
- This role is not suitable for a new graduate nurse.
- A full, unrestricted driver’s licence **is essential**for this role

**About the Service**

The Hauraki Thames Coromandel community services is an urban / rural service.

District Nursing is a community nursing-based service with a combination of home visiting and clinic-based work.

Rural District Nursing provides a wide variety of care across the lifespan and offers a challenging, varied and complex nursing role within the community including long-term medical conditions, home based palliative end of life care and chronic wound management within a multi-disciplinary environment inclusive of primary health care providers. An understanding of improving health outcomes is essential and an ability to work within a variety of home / social, community & cultural demographics. You will work in other bases as directed.

A District Nurse is required to be multi-skilled with excellent assessment and communication skills. We work alongside many other health providers within the Community setting and relationship building is an essential part of our service. Familiarisation with and use of electronic devices is an essential part of this role.

**About you**

**Requirements**for the role:

- Current New Zealand Registered Nurse annual practicing certificate. **(essential)**
- A full & current class 1 NZ driver’s licence with no restrictions. **(essential)**
- Relevant experience for Rural District Nursing and a minimum of three years’ experience.
- Post graduate study is preferred but not essential.
- Sensitivity to cultural aspects and the Treaty of Waitangi principles to practice.
- Proven time management skills with an ability to prioritise & think critically.
- A demonstrated ability to work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team is vital for this role.
- Manage personal & professional boundaries within a small rural community.
- Ability to provide own transport to place of work.
- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth.

**Working for Health New Zealand**

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand is committed to being a good employer and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

**Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion**

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