Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital
The details: Permanent Full time – 40 hours per week

A permanent opportunity has become available for the PACU Charge Nurse Manager position. Our PACU provides care to patients recovering from local, regional and general anaesthesia. This patient demographic requires comprehensive monitoring and highly skilled nurses to manage their care. PACU is a dynamic environment where the workload can be intense and unpredictable. Patients from all surgical specialities will enter PACU, and this makes it an ideal environment in which to learn and grow.
The roles of the Charge Nurse Manager include championing change processes, promoting staff and patient safety and advocating for the service within the department. You will also be responsible for recruiting and retaining team members alongside the ACNMs.
We offer, ongoing mentoring and support for professional development as well as management and leadership educational opportunities.
We have a highly supportive team, committed to delivering quality care to patients in all stages of their anaesthetic and surgical procedure.
If this sounds like something you would enjoy, please apply.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Manage systems, processes and resources that enable staff to meet the needs of patient/tangata whaiora in an efficient and effective manner
• Provide clinical leadership for multi-disciplinary team
• Provide professional leadership to the nursing team, developing nursing services and monitoring quality, including standards of practice and service standards
• Contribute to the achievement of strategic direction for defined areas
• Foster a professional environment, effective communication and contribute to an environment of mutual respect.

Mōu | About you
Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:

• Senior Nurse, with proven leadership experience.
• At least 5 years continuous demonstrated clinical expertise in PACU/Critical Care environment in a tertiary hospital
• Demonstrated highly effective written and verbal communication.
• Evidence of embedding a change into clinical practice.
• People management – performance management, conflict resolution and team building.
• Minimum PG Certificate in Nursing / Leadership.

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Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service
The Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) is a key component of the Theatre and Anaesthesia department at Waikato Hospital. PACU serves 25 Operating Theatres and provides care for 80-100 patients every weekday from every surgical specialty including General Surgery, Vascular, Cardiothoracic, Urology, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Plastics, Paediatrics, Delivery Suite, Gynaecology, Maxillofacial and more. On the weekends, PACU provides care for acute cases from a variety of specialties.

What does Te Whatu Ora, Waikato offer you?
Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Te Whatu Ora Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please click here.

• As part of our TWO family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside your TWO benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and access to TWO staff discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our Te Whatu Ora family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
Please apply online as applications are unable to be accepted via email. If you have any questions about the role please contact the Recruitment Team – Monique.Wilson@waikatodhb.health.nz

Closing date: 6 October 2024

Nau mai haere mai - Come join the team!