Specialty Clinical Nurse

**Exciting Senior Nurse Opportunities to hone your skills**:

- **Being part of a dynamic, positive and supportive team**

**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.

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

The Liver Research Unit (LRU) is part of the New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit based at Auckland City Hospital. The growing team work on international clinical trials in, hepatocellular carcinoma, fatty liver, rare liver diseases and viral hepatitis.

We have a great opportunity for a senior nurse with strong leadership and advanced nursing skills to join as Speciality Clinical Nurse in the Liver Research Unit. This role is an advanced nursing practice role that encompasses responsibility for improving the quality of professional nursing practice and safe guarding high standards of care in Te Toka Tumai (Auckland hospital) by supporting an environment in which excellence in clinical care can flourish.

A comprehensive orientation and on-going education in a supportive team based environment are all part of your welcome to this role.

Your primary role will include:

- Facilitate the smooth administration of research projects based within the service and act both in a leadership and educative capacity as a resource for all clinical personnel, participants and their family/whanau.
- Act as a role model for excellence in clinical research, Mentor junior research staff (depending on experience) and provides expert assessment, nursing care, interventions and education to study participants.

**This is a permanent -fulltime role, Monday to Sunday and after hours (excluding over-night shifts).**

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

To ensure success in the role you will need to have an extensive acute nursing background and be practicing at a senior level preferably with a postgraduate certificate or diploma in speciality nursing practice.

You will be able to demonstrate expert knowledge, advanced clinical skills (including IV cannulation) and be an excellent communicator and team member. You demonstrate the ability to work independently and as a work as part of a team.

Key to your success will be aligning with our Te Toka Tumai values. Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice Guidelines is also beneficial.

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**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 | Auckland.

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**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply