Registered Nurse - Oamaru

“Take care of our children, take care of what they hear, take care of what they see, take care of how they feel. For how the children grow, so will be the shape of Aotearoa” - Dame Whina Cooper

If you want to use your work day to truly make a difference in your and help every Plunket baby to have the best start to life, join us as a Registered Nurse working across the Waitaki district on a 12 month fixed term contract, we have flexibility to consider 0.6 - 0.8 FTE applications, please let us know in your cover letter what you are looking for.

Pay rates for our Registered Nurses are between $64,924 ($32.68 per hour) to $92,982 ($47.06 per hour) depending on experience.

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

Plunket Nurses assess the growth and development of tamariki and are trusted clinical advisors who walk alongside whānau. 

You will meet with whānau across Oamaru, Kurow and Twizel (both home visits and in clinics) where you'll foster trusting relationships in the community, and adopt a holistic approach to deliver culturally appropriate and personalised support. Working alongside a highly motivated and experienced team (another Plunket Nurse and Health Worker) you'll be committed to delivering engaging care where whānau have a safe space to share parenting challenges and celebrate successes.

Working in the community during a cost of living crisis means you will undoubtedly meet whānau who are facing significant challenges. Our clinical responsibilities co-exist with the need to deliver social support to ensure pēpi are being raised in safe and healthy homes. We offer 6 week orientation with ongoing preceptor support to help you find your feet.

He kōrero mōu | About you

Community Nursing requires a particular set of skills, you may start the day with 5 whānau booked in for visits, one might need to cancel, another might be late, and the last appointment might present significant concerns and take longer than anticipated. So, you will need to be resourceful, resilient and comfortable making decisions to ensure we maintain a high quality experience and minimise risks for our clients.

We are confident we can give you great support with our experienced team - so we are open to both new graduates and experienced nurses. 

It is vital that you enjoy working with pēpi, however the majority of your interactions will be with caregivers. In order to deliver the right support, you'll need to have exceptional active listening skills, be able to ask questions tactfully. Working with whānau from all walks of life will require you to be a bit of a chameleon in order to build trust and communicate effectively with different people. 

With a growing Pasifika population in Oamaru, speaking a Pacific Language would be advantageous, however is not a requirement.

Mō tō tātou rōpū | About our team

With a stable team and experienced leader, we're well placed to support you if this is your first nursing role, but equally, if you are an experienced nurse, your insight and expertise will go a long way to supporting whānau to thrive and our team to grow collectively.

Ngā pukenga me tohunga Motuhake | Skills and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Be a Registered Nurse
• Hold or be able to obtain an Annual Practicing Certificate
• Hold a full clean NZ Drivers Licence
• Be committed to completing 12 month Post Graduate Certificate in Well Child Tamariki ora should your employment extend beyond the 12 months fixed term (we would cover the cost for this)

• Work close to home in a community based role
• A Monday – Friday role, with some flexibility to work around you
• 'Well Health Day': the ability to use sick leave for a proactive planned health day
• Ongoing opportunities for personal and professional development 
• Various wellbeing schemes such as a Wellbeing day: use one of your sick leave days to proactively protect your well being
• In line with our ongoing goal to support our kaimahi to thrive in a culturally safe environment, we have multiple community of interests for kaimahi Māori, Pasifika, Asian and more. To support your growth in practice, we have dedicated space and time where our Kaimahi Māori gather quarterly by region and nationally once a year.

Applications must be made online, for any specific questions about the mahi, contact Paul Watson, Clinical Leader on Paul.Watson@plunket.org.nz

Applications close: 23 January 2025

Please note, we will be out of office from 20 December 2024, we will look to phone interview shortlisted applicants on the 24th of January 2025, with interviews to be held the week commencing 27 January 2025.

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He huanui oranga mo ngā mokopuna whakatipuranga roto i ngā hapori heke iho, heke iho

Setting the path of wellness in our communities for the early years, for generations to come

Whānau Āwhina Plunket is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of pēpi, tamariki and their whānau/family. We have committed to adopting a pro-equity approach where we give life to the Treaty principles of tino rangatiratanga, partnership, active protection, equity and options in our mahi/work to ensure healthy tamariki, confident whānau and connected communities.

This journey is creating exciting career opportunities - If you would like to contribute to the important mahi we do, nau mai, haere mai.