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Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Southern

Registered Nurse - Te Punaka Oraka (Public Health Nursing)

Dunedin

FULL TIME

November 24, 2024


This is a rural nurse role with offices in Lumsden and Winton
Salary Band – $81,683 - $106,739 p.a. pro-rata + Kiwi Saver
  • Monday to Friday permanent position
  • School Preschool visiting, tamariki, rangatahi, hauora with a whānau ora approach. This is a community based role supporting well health and development, immunisations on time and other Public Health priorities.
  • Full time 1 FTE (40 hours per week)


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 Punaka Oraka - Public Health Nursing provides a range of tamariki, rangatahi and hauora services within the whānau and community setting. Includes schools, preschools visiting program and home visiting. The role will provide health advice and support to schools preschools and the delivery of tamariki, rangatahi and whānau health assessments, health promotion, protection and referrals to other health and support services including immunisations in a range of settings.
This is an incredible opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our Southland team. This role will require some travel to cover Northern Central Southland rural area.

See position description.

About the Team/Service/ Location

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region. We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community.

About you
You will be open minded, quality driven, and can work both independently while being a valued member of a supportive, friendly team.
In order to be successful in this position you will also need to demonstrate the following:
  • Experience and understanding of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ Māori health equity and disparities.
  • Advanced communication skills with the ability and passion to work with a diverse range of children, young people and their family’s whānau.
  • Open minded, quality driven, with the ability to work both independently and as a valued member of a supportive, friendly team.
  • Strong computer literacy skills and a full clean driver’s license is essential.
  • Current Annual Practicing Certificate (APC) and Registration with the Nursing Council of New Zealand.
  • Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
  • Experience in projects / initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.


It is a strong advantage to be trauma informed, understand attachment theory, child/ youth development, brain development. Experience working in mental health is also an advantage.

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.


Salary Range

This role belongs to the Te Whatu Ora/NZNO Collective Agreement and falls between Step 2 ($81,683 p.a. pro-rata) and Step 7 ($106,739) p.a. pro-rata of the Registered Nurse Salary Scale.

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 careers portal before 11:59pm on 16 December 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Mikayla Hamilton at mikayla.hamilton@southerndhb.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.

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