• Work part time during the week. No rostered shifts! 
  
• Make a difference in your Warkworth/Wellsford community 
• Be supported by passionate, caring palliative specialists

About the role

As a Registered Nurse in our Community Palliative Care team, you’ll care for tūroro (patients), families and whānau, visiting them in their homes and providing expert and compassionate nursing care. Based at our wonderful bright and modern Tui House in Warkworth, you’ll be part of our skilled and experienced multidisciplinary team. You will:

• Take pride in delivering holistic care
• Provide symptom and pain management and end-of-life care
• Care for patients with a wide range of diagnoses and at different stages of their disease trajectory

This role is to work four days a week with Thursdays off, although this can be negotiated. On call is approximately one weekend in every four, and one evening a week. Work/life balance is important to us and we’ve embraced new ways of working. Our hybrid working model allows you some flexibility with working from home and the office.

About you

You are a Registered Nurse ideally with palliative care and/or community experience. We will also consider nurses from similar specialties such as oncology, neurology or haematology. You’re caring, compassionate, professional and driven to deliver the best care possible every day.

You will:

• Be a Registered Nurse, New Zealand Nursing Council and hold a current NZ Annual Practising Certificate
• Have a genuine interest in and desire to further develop in palliative care in the community
• Be committed to achieving PDRP Level 3 within 12 months of employment
• Be adaptable, able to work autonomously and communicate collaboratively as part of the multi-disciplinary team
• Have a full, clean NZ driver’s licence

About us

Harbour Hospice is one of the largest hospices in Aotearoa and has been caring for tūroro and their family and whānau for almost 40 years. Every day we care for close to 400 people across the North Shore, Hibiscus Coast and Warkworth/Wellsford regions, supporting them at home, in one of our two inpatient units, or in community programmes offered at each of our three sites.

Our bespoke services given free of charge, include medical care, spiritual, psychological and social support, physio, occupational and complementary therapy, social activities and more.

What’s in it for you?

We want you to thrive in your career and home life, so tell us what you need to make that happen. We’re looking for a nurse who displays flexibility and adaptability. In return you’ll get:

• In-depth and tailored onboarding to suit your individual level of experience and expertise
• Ongoing development opportunities including paid study leave
• A collaborative and high trust culture
• Access to pool vehicle, and the tools of the trade to allow you to work effectively from any location
• Competitive hourly pay rate from $32.39 to $46.39, based on experience and holding current PDRP

You’ll be an important part of a well-established, supportive and dedicated multidisciplinary team who share a passion for making every moment count for the people we care for at Hospice. This is a chance for you to spend each working day in a rewarding and meaningful role, making a difference in your local community.

Best of all, you’ll join an organisation that places aroha and manaakitanga at the core of everything that we do. Our culture enables and encourages our staff to give their very best. We actively promote a workplace culture which embraces and reflects our core values – to be compassionate, inclusive and professional – at all times.

How to apply

For more information or to obtain a position description call Peggy Newton, Recruitment Specialist, on 021 241 5567 or click below to submit your application online. Be sure to include a cover letter about you and why you’d like to join the team.

Harbour Hospice is taking a proactive and genuine approach to bring us closer to being an authentic Treaty Partner with Māori. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation and one that reflects the diversity of the community we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds who share our values.