Starship Community Nurse,Starship Child Health at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland -
With the support of a multi-disciplinary team, you will be able to provide nursing care across our service specialties with the goal of eliminating health inequities.You will experience nursing in home, school and community settings and will become familiar with your Starship community nursing role through a supportive, comprehensive six-week orientation.About the ServiceStarship Community provide responsive community-based nursing care to infants, children, young people and families within the Auckland area.
We provide home-based acute and long-term care for children recently discharged from hospital, those with medical or disability needs, alongside Paediatric and Public Health needs. We have three locality teams (Maungarei, Owairaka-Rangitoto-Orakei, Whau) working from the Greenlane Clinical Centre.We provide complex nursing care for Well Child | Tamariki Ora infants and pre-schoolers; acute and long term nursing care to children who are medically complex, Nurse-led clinics within low-decile schools, support for high-decile schools and population school-based immunisation programmes for Year 7 and 8 students as well as Rheumatic Fever prevention.
Our service principles enable us to prioritise care for Maori, Pacific, Migrant and Refugee-background families.About youAs an ideal candidate, you will:Have at least 2 years of paediatrics nursing experienceBe a New Zealand Registered Nurse with a current APCHold a clean full drivers license.Possess excellent teamwork skills with an ability to work autonomously in a multi-cultural environmentDemonstrate well-developed nursing assessment and interpersonal skills, knowledge of health promotion strategies and commitment to on-going professional development.Desirable:Acute homecare nursingCommunity experienceAuthorised vaccinatorSchool health experiencePost graduate nursing qualification in child health or similarCurrent clinical competence in relevant place of practiceFor all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the position description.For further information about the position please contact Helen Noble, Locality Lead via email on hnoble@adhb.govt.nzWorking at Health New ZealandHealth New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand.
We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific.Starship is a part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive childrens hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.How to applyWell be reviewing applications and conducting interviews as they come in, so the position may close before the listed deadline.
If you're interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.To apply please click on the `Apply tab below, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role and attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.If you have any accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Anel Foord, Recruitment Consultant at Anel.Foord@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz quoting ADHB2025SCN to discuss how we can best support your application.