Registered Nurse - Auckland

If working weekends and nights don't cut the mustard any more or you're passionate about great quality primary care and health education –early intervention doesn't start sooner than being a Plunket Nurse. With a nursing shortage and a cost-of-living crisis on our hands, we understand you have choice about where you work, and working for a charity isn't financially viable for everyone. However if now is the right time, apply today, because the pēpi in your community deserve a nurse who is at the top of their game. 

If that’s the kind of role for you, we have a select numberof permanent part time and full time positionsin South Auckland and Central-West Auckland. We are fully staffed in North Shore and East Auckland, but if you would like to be considered for a future position, feel free to register your interest.

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

At about 4 weeks old you will visit pēpi then act as a case manager through to their final check – either seeing the whānau yourself, or if they are to visit a drop in clinic. Imagine, watching your community grow before your eyes!

We won't sugar coat it; Our Registered Nurse roles are complex and change doesn’t come quick, but overwhelmingly, our nurses say it is a privilege to be able to be in homes and have whānau open up to us about their journeys. In this role, you’ll meet whānau where they are; literally by conducting house calls alongside hosting clinics and figuratively by learning where they are in their unique parenting journeys.

Our scope of practice and duty of care means that assessing the development of our clients and the clinical aspects in our top to toe physical assessments co-exist with understanding the wider environment surrounding pēpi which can involve exposure to family harm, substance addiction and high levels of deprivation.

Our registered nurse salaries are between $62,911 ($31.84 per hour) and $90,099 ($45.60 per hour) depending on experience

He kōrero mōu | About you

Being able to form connections with parents and caregivers is key to this position. You will come to us with exceptional clinical skills. Where we connect with clients with multiple needs, there will be a number of referrals to be written and sent, so a level of computer literacy is required for the role.

Our commitment to maintaining the trust of the community we serve means you will be adept at reflecting on your practice seeking feedback of peers, leaders and clients and being ready to adjust to be the best you can. 

In line with our commitment to delivering our services in an equitable manner, you’ll have an understanding and be open to learning more about the causes and results of health inequities throughout Aotearoa. 

Ngā āhuatangakei a mātou | What we offer

Set business hours Monday to Friday means you’ll be able to live your life and putting in leave request months in advance will be a thing of the past. Working out in the community means you are on your own and able to act autonomously– but you’ll always have your team only a phone call away.

It is a big job, and being a charity means that our benefits may not be monetary, but are focused on supporting your wellbeing:

• Various wellbeing schemes such as a wellbeing day: use your one of your sick leave days to proactively protect your well being

   

   

• Retail discounts

   

   

• Programmes to build your cultural competence so you can contribute to our goals most effectively

   

   

• An enhanced parental leave scheme to support growing whānau

   

   

Ngā pūkengamotuhake | The must haves

• Hold eligibility to work in Aotearoa.

   

   

• Hold or be able to obtain an Annual Practicing Certificate

   

   

• Hold a full clean NZ Drivers Licence

   

   

• Be committed to completing Post Graduate Certificate in Well Child Tamariki ora (we will pay for this)

   

   

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

For further information please contact our team– hr@plunket.org.nz Applications must be made online through our website by 29 May 2024.

Please note, we will consider applications as they are received and may close this advert early if we find a suitable candidate.