Senior Nursing

Exciting Senior Nurse opportunity to hone your skills!Utilize your previous experience and work with great colleagues!This is a permanent part-time (1.0 FTE) Monday to Friday role!Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.BackgroundOur Cardiology service leads New Zealand in providing specialist cardiovascular nursing care based on clinical skill, research, education, and innovation.

Our commitment is to the highest level of clinical cardiac care to our patients from central and Regional Auckland/Northland, as well as across the rest of New Zealand.Cardiology services that provide high quality care to patients, our Cardiology service has both elective and acute admissions for a range of procedures and illnesses including CT coronary angiography (CTCA), first line investigation for the evaluation of both acute and chronic chest pain in accordance with international guidelinesAbout the RoleThis role will be responsible for the triaging (criteria led/appropriateness) of CTCA referrals from within Cardiology and General medical service, and outpatient CTCA referralsThe role is accountable in improving access to inpatient CTCA at here at Auckland City Hospital with increased efficiency, shortened ED stay, reduced wait times, reduced need for cardiology outpatient appointment and better enactment of Te Tiriti o WaitangiProvision of more timely treatment for Maori than is currently being delivered, patient care and education to our Maori Patients who are overrepresented in heart health statistics, all vital to improving equity outcomes for Maori patients and their whanauCo-ordination and care of all inpatients on CTCA pathway, booking and consent of patient for CTCA, IV access, assessment of patient for betablockers (CTCA criteria), facilitating the transiting to from Radiology, patient care in CT roomWill assist in reducing downstream testing and need for invasive coronary angiogram for some patients with suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome.Contribute to reduced wait times to the outpatient CTCA programme.Data entry into dedicated regional CTCA database for clinical audit and researchAs well as the sub-speciality of patients requiring CTCA at Te Toka Tumai, the role will work collaboratively alongside other Cardiology Interventional and Structural Heart Nurse Specialists one day a week to specifically deliver care to the patient speciality population requiring TEER (Transcatheter Edge to Edge Repair) for MR.

This will be care co-ordination from referral to discharge.The role models the vision and values of Te Toka Tumai and contributes to the directorate and organisational strategic direction.For further details, please refer to the position description here.About youA commitment to biculturalismA commitment to achieving equitable health outcomes for MāoriNew Zealand nursing registration, RGON, RN BHSc (Nursing)Postgraduate certificate/ diploma in speciality nursing practiceWorking Towards completion of masters degree and/or RN prescribingMinimum of five years experience post registration in Cardiology specialtyExpert clinical practiceSound understanding of professional ethicsCurrent clinical competence in relevant place of practiceAdvance quality of service skillsAbility to critique and use research findings is the basis for practiceFor more information about this role please contact Lynne Belz (Nurse Unit Manager Cardiology Service) via LynneB@adhb.govt.nzWorking at Health New ZealandHealth New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand.

If you're interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.