Duty Nurse Manager
Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Taranaki · 5001+ employees
What the role involves
- Coordinating nursing resources
- Managing patient beds
- Responding to emergencies
What they ask for
Registered Nurse with 5+ years acute medical/surgical experience, leadership experience, expert/senior PDRP level, knowledge of CCDM and Trendcare, and strong interpersonal and crisis management skills.
- 5+ yrs experience
- Professional licence or registration
- Manages people
About the job
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Duty Nurse Manager Taranaki Hospital, 0.6 FTE, Permanent
A frontline leadership role that makes a difference to patient outcomes everyday
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
About the Role
The Duty Nurse Manager is responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of nursing resource utilization, patient bed management and first line emergency response across Taranaki Base Hospital and Hawera Hospital. Out of hours, the Duty Nurse Manager also provides first line facility management.
This is a dynamic senior leadership role that interacts and liaises with multiple teams across Te Whatu Ora Taranaki to ensure and optimize patient flow and resourcing of areas as well as responding to and leading multiple other demands.
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About the Team/Service/ Location
Our Integrated Operations Centre team works together with the Duty Manager at the heart of decision making and leadership. Within our team we have a range of people and services as well as close working relationships with all hospital departments.
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About you
Are you a positive and proactive Registered Nurse with the following attributes:
- Significant (more than 5 years) experience with extensive broad based clinical experience in acute medical and surgical nursing
- Previous leadership experience, preferably of a ward or inpatient unit
- Expert or senior nurse PDRP (or endorsed as working at this level)
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to deal with conflict, listening and valuing the views of others
- Ability to cope in crisis situations both clinical and non-clinical
- knowledge of CCDM and Trendcare
- Other skills, education and experience as per the job description and a keenness to learn and grow
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
To apply please click apply now. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by Sunday 22 November. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Cameron.Grant-Fargie@tdhb.org.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.
Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected employees will be given preference and priority for this position.
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