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Specialty Clinical Nurse, Bowel Screening Programme

  • Auckland
  • Part time
  • Healthcare
  • Posted 9 days ago
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Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Specialty Clinical Nurse- Bowel Screening Programme

Part Time (0.6 FTE) Permanent Role

Monday-Friday 

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau is looking for a Specialty Clinical Nurse (SCN) for the National Bowel Screening Programme. The SCN will be responsible for assessing and arranging further investigations for participants who have received a positive bowel screening test result. This is a part time (0.6 FTE), permanent role, based at the Manukau Health Park.

The role will provide specialist nursing care to our participants and their whaanau, and work in partnership with the primary care team, community co-ordinators, gastroenterology and surgical team to provide integrated high quality care across the continuum.

Some of the key deliverables of this role include:

  • Providing information, education, support services for participants who have a positive bowel screening test and require a colonoscopy. Understanding the complexity of issues that are involved following a positive screening test or diagnosis of bowel cancer (clinical, emotional, psychological, social, spiritual and cultural).
  • Reviewing each participant’s medical history and completing a thorough nursing assessment, predominantly phone based, prior to decision making around appropriate further investigations.
  • Planning, and co-ordination of care to achieve outcomes as agreed within specific protocols and MDT decisions.
  • Data entry of participant’s care journey, and participant’s histology following colonoscopy.
  • Developing expertise in clinical practice and nursing leadership to drive, educate and influence safe and effective quality care.
  • Facilitating and supporting quality practices at all levels of the Bowel Screening services.

This is a senior nursing position that contributes clinical expertise and is a proactive member of the Bowel Screening team responsible for the development, maintenance, participation and review of quality initiatives within the Bowel Screening Programme. 

Essential:

  • NZ Registered Nurse with current Practicing Certificate
  • Minimum of three years’ experience post – registration.
  • Post graduate qualification completed or in progress or prepared to undertake post graduate studies
  • Experience working with Pacific, Maaori and multicultural communities.

Now's a great time to take up that new career challenge and really discover your potential within an environment where the patient’s experience and safety comes first! 

Apply online now or for more information please contact Fran Upoko in the Recruitment Centre on 09 276 0044 ext 53449

Closing date: 17 November 2024

Job number: CMH202414098

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.