Registered Nurse -Critical Care Unit

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital and region

The details: Permanent -2x 72 hours per fortnight

Salary details: NZNO MECA

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.

• Waikato Hospital is the largest campus in Australasia and leading New Zealand Trauma Centre offering exposure to a wide variety of patient care needs
• We have a strong commitment to nursing education and excellence in patient care.
• We are a highly motivated and dynamic team committed to excellence in patient care

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

Come and join our supportive, dynamic and flexible nursing team working together to provide quality care to all patients within the Midland region. This is an excellent opportunity to advance your nursing skills within a supportive environment. Our Critical Care unit, combining ICU and HDU is a 28 bed acute and elective unit that provides a stimulating and challenging environment in which to develop or enhance your nursing skills. 

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Delivery of ICU and HDU level nursing care to adults and children
• Work alongside and as part of the wider Critical Care team
• Commitment to completing our in-house Education programme

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(Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)

Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

The Critical Care Department comprises of a 28 bedded unit. The unit is state of the art and provides an excellent opportunity to work in a progressive and motivated environment with the latest technology. We are at the centre of a regional referral network across the middle of the North Island, with all the related trauma and air retrieval activities that go along with that. The medical and nursing teams are supportive, dynamic and flexible, working together to provide quality care to all patients within the Midland region.

Mōu | About you

• Current New Zealand Annual Practicing Certificate
• Previous experience in acute care or critical care
• Intensive care qualification desirable, but not essential
• Current registration with Nursing Council of New Zealand and a current Annual Practicing Certificate
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Good level of computer literacy.
• A high degree of self-motivation, willingness, and self-responsibility to continually improve and remain current with nursing skills and knowledge.
• High levels of professionalism with an enthusiastic, proactive, flexible approach.
• Knowledge and understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

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

Please click ‘Apply online’ or apply via our Waikato Careers Website by clicking here All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 16 March 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Monique WIlson of Recruiter at Monique.Wilson@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.