Nurse Educator- Adult and Emergency Pacu

**Exciting Senior Nurse Opportunity**:

- **Permanent - Part time (0.5 FTE) position**:

- **Location - Auckland City Hospital**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

We have an opportunity for an experienced perioperative nurse to further their career, focusing on education, training and development within a passionate perioperative educator team. Āhua Tohu Pōkangia / Perioperative Services Directorate are looking for a perioperative nurse educator, to work across the directorate and provide support to five Post Anaesthesia Care Units (PACUs).

Your primary purpose is to contribute to the development of clinical practice through delivery of education to the PACU nursing workforce, including teaching on and supporting the 12-week Pokakapu Ātea - New to PACU (NTPACU) programme. You will contribute to developing further the directorate workforce education opportunities, plans and strategic objectives. This is achieved by informing and contributing to the development of resources with evidenced based education that can be applied within the directorate and organisation. As a senior nurse, you will also have a responsibility for improving the quality of professional nursing practice and safeguarding high standards of care in Te Toka Tumai by supporting an environment in which excellence in clinical care can flourish.

**This is a permanent role working 0.5 FTE, Monday to Sunday.**

This is a part-time role. There will be opportunity to combine this role with a clinical perioperative nursing role. We are looking for a Registered Nurse a with a passion for education who has paediatric PACU experience and is already on or completed a post graduate pathway. While the role provides support to all perioperative areas, your focus will be supporting the teams across our PACU departments.

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**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

You will be an expert/senior nurse (preferably from Te Whatu ora) with relevant clinical experience and have a Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma or Masters in specialty nursing practice. You will also have a sound knowledge of clinical teaching/learning methods and well-developed communication and critical thinking skills.

**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 | Auckland.

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**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply**

Please attach a Cover Letter and your latest CV.