Registered Nurse
Calling for Expressions of Interest from Registered Nurses keen to pursue a career in specialist palliative care
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- Expressions of interest. Potential roles in community and inpatient unit teams
- Make a difference by providing holistic care for patients and whānau
- We will support you with development and a career pathway
Mōu | For you
Our Harbour Hospice culture is built upon trust, connection, care and professional interactions that are delivered with our values at the core. Our values are more than words. They are the foundation of every interaction we have with patients, family, whānau, our community and each other. We welcome applications from all backgrounds who share our values of aroha (compassionate), tautikanga (professional), and mō te katoa (inclusive).
As a Registered Nurse, you’ll be an important part of a professional and expert multidisciplinary team who collaborate and take pride in patient-centred, holistic care. You will be encouraged to embrace opportunities for growth, reflect on what has worked well and what could be improved, and share your learnings. We will support and provide tools for your wellbeing and will encourage working hours that make room for life outside work.
You will also get:
- In-depth and tailored onboarding to suit your individual level of experience and expertise
- Ongoing development opportunities including paid study leave
- One hour per month of paid professional supervision
- A competitive hourly rate and relevant allowances. Higher hourly rates based on achieving current PDRP
- Access to pool cars if working in the community and free onsite parking
- Laptop and mobile phone provided for roles where applicable
Best of all, you’ll join an organisation where your work matters.
Mō te tūnga | About the role
Registered Nurses at Harbour Hospice play a privileged role in providing holistic and quality end-of-life care. As part of our specialist palliative care, multidisciplinary teams who work in the community and in our inpatient units, you will make a real difference to patients and their whānau with your professional and expert care. You will provide symptom and pain management, and respite and end-of-life care for patients with a wide range of life limiting illness diagnoses, who are at the end stages of their disease trajectory.
He kōrero mōu| About you
We are accepting applications from New Zealand Registered Nurses, who genuinely want to develop their career in specialist palliative care, and who can demonstrate flexibility to work a variety of shifts either in the community or an inpatient unit. We’ll consider nurses who have worked in a hospice or palliative care setting before, or from similar specialties such as oncology or haematology.
To be considered you must:
- Be a Registered Nurse with the New Zealand Nursing Council and hold a current NZ Annual Practising Certificate
- Hold a current and valid New Zealand work visa
- Have a genuine interest in and desire to further develop in specialist palliative care
- Be committed to achieving Competent Level PDRP within 12 months of employment
- Be adaptable, able to work autonomously and communicate collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team
Ko mātou tēnei | About us
Harbour Hospice is one of the largest hospices in Aotearoa and has been caring for tūroro (patients) and their family and whānau for more than 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, cultural, psychological and social support, physiotherapy, occupational and complementary therapy, social activities and more. We are a progressive organisation that puts each patient, whānau and family, our community and our people, at the heart of everything.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
We encourage you share your true self in your CV and cover letter. Tell us what your motivations are and how your work and life experience align with our core values.
Please reach out to Peggy Newton, Recruitment Specialist via peggy.newton@harbourhospice.org.nz with any questions, or to arrange a kōrero (chat) before you apply, if that is what you need from this process.
Expressions of Interest close 24 April 2024
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and pre-employment checks including health screening where applicable, are part of our recruitment process.
- Service
- Nursing - CPC/IPU
- Locations
- Harbour Hospice
Harbour Hospice
About Harbour Hospice
Harbour Hospice is the only specialist, palliative care provider for families living in the Hibiscus Coast, North Shore and Warkworth / Wellsford communities. We provide compassionate, free care working primarily with patients, families and carers in their homes, and also within our three hospice sites. Our bespoke services include medical care, spiritual support, physiotherapy, social activities and more, with an emphasis on helping people live every moment in whatever way is important to them.
Registered Nurse
Calling for Expressions of Interest from Registered Nurses keen to pursue a career in specialist palliative care
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