Charge Nurse Manager - Te Awakura, East Impatient - Fixed Term

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Te Awakura, Hillmorton Hospital, Christchurch
• 1FTE Fixed Term position working Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4pm until 25^th August 2025
• Leadership role for an experienced registered nurse in Mental Health
• Must either hold or have commenced the post graduate pathway with the focus on mental health nursing.  

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.

About the role

Te Awakura is a 64-bed adult acute inpatient unit that provides 24-hour care for consumers with mental illness. Our model of care focuses on integrated multidisciplinary teams, providing excellent care for consumers in the least restrictive manner. Consisting of four open 16 bed acute inpatient wards (North, East, South and West).

East inpatients services the east quadrant of the city. We are a close-knit team and have a good relationship with our Outpatient Team. We have a strong emphasis on providing high quality care, ensuring the consumer, family and whanau are at the centre of all we do. 

About You

In this professional and clinical leadership role, you will effectively contribute to the ongoing development of excellent practice and the professional workforce within the service. The role has a function that is both clinical and operational, therefore you will have excellent clinical credibility as well as an ability to ensure the operational objectives are carried out in line with the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora vision.

• With your proven ability to lead, you will be an expert at supporting the team to develop excellent skills to enable them to continue to deliver a high standard of care.
• As a positive role model, you will be highly motivated with excellent communication skills and have the ability to build successful relationships within the service.
• Working collaboratively with the MDT, Clinical Nurse Specialist, other Charge Nurse Manager - s across the Adult Inpatient Group, and the Senior Leadership Team, you will strive to ensure the overall provision of quality care for service users. 
• Must either hold orhave commenced the post graduate pathway with the focus on nursing.
• Must be registered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand and have Mental Health Scope with a current APC.

• Your expert communication, interpersonal skills and proven ability to engage people at all levels will see you work effectively and efficiently with a diverse group of teams to lead your team to provide advanced clinical care and nursing expertise to the patients and their families/whanau.
• By utilising your advanced knowledge and clinical skills in collaboration with nursing and the MDT, and other external agencies you will contribute to the development and maintenance of high quality evidenced based patient care whilst also contributing to and developing, appropriate nursing standards and quality initiatives.
• You have a comprehensive understanding of professional competency and can work alongside individuals to support professional development.
  

Essential skills:

• Experience in relevant management and/or leadership roles with the ability to influence decision making and change.
• Interpersonal skills and building relationships.
• Strategic thinking and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Familiar with operational and financial management.
• NZ Registered Nurse with a current Annual Practising Certificate and either working towards or hold a relevant Post Graduate qualification.

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 are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click - apply now. - All applications must be submitted through our online career - s portal before 11:59pm on Tuesday 21st January. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Natalie Gaunt at Natalie.Gaunt@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.