Associate Charge Nurse Manager – Southern Blood & Cancer Service – Dunedin, Otago

Dunedin Hospital

• 2 exciting permanent opportunities
• Full-time 1.0 FTE Ward 8C vacancy (40 hours per week)
• Part-time 0.8 FTE Outpatients vacancy (32 hours per week)

This is an exciting opportunity for two exceptional senior nurses looking to take the next step in their nursing careers. Our Southern Blood & Cancer Service based in Dunedin Hospital is inviting applications from those wishing to join us as Associate Charge Nurse Manager on a full-time or part-time, permanent basis.

About the Role

Our team has a strong focus on customer service and its success is reliant on effective communication and teamwork. Key accountabilities of these Associate Charge Nurse Manager roles include, but are not limited to:

• Operational Management of the department: Coordinating resources to meet identified needs of patients and staff, managing staff and patient flows on a shift by shift basis, both across the department and between wards
• Team Management of the department: supervision of nursing staff, providing clinical leadership on a shift by shift basis to establish and maintain a high standard of patient focused care within the allocated resources.
• Quality and Risk Management, contributing to the department’s risk minimisation activities and service activities, fostering a quality improvement culture.
• Education, Research & Evidenced based practice, both role modelling and providing staff with clinical educational support.

About You

You must bring a clear focussed vision; strive for contemporary practice, and be ‘firm, but fair,’ with the ability to inspire staff and be their advocate when needed. Here at Southern DHB we seek leaders who embody our core values, believe strongly in the value of education and research, and are able to build solid networks, both within the DHB and nationally.

Your clinical credibility in nursing will be complemented by your advanced communication skills; you’ll be a natural at building successful working relationships and have proven experience in conflict resolution and mediation. Naturally a glass half full person, you will be an adept problem solver, with the flexibility to make sound clinical and leadership decisions on your feet.

The successful Associate Charge Nurse Managers will have a current NZ APC, with relevant post-graduate nursing experience, and be looking to develop their advanced nursing and leadership skills. You should have or already be working towards PDRP Level 3.

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for then apply today! Please let us know in your covering letter which vacancy you are interested in, or if you are open to both opportunities.

Do you currently work for Southern DHB? If so, please apply for this role via the internal careers site.

Closing Date: Sunday, 5 June 2022

For further information please contact Karen Cope, Recruitment Advisor – Medical Directorate. Email: Karen.cope@southerndhb.govt.nz

Due to the fast-paced nature of the DHB, our vacancy close dates may be subject to change. Don’t delay, make sure you apply as soon as possible.

Pre-Employment checks

In the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to:

• Occupational Health Assessment
• Police Vetting / Ministry of Justice safety checks
• Serious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)
• Following the update to COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021, to be employed with Southern DHB you will be required to be fully vaccinated and have received a booster vaccine against COVID-19. You will need to provide proof of this to Occupational Health staff

Wording for non-DHB websites only:

To Apply: We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/