Registered Nurses - Auckland

Current NZ practising certificate required

Must be eligible to work in NZ

Want to help save lives and make a positive difference to our nation's well-being?

Revitalise your Nursing passion and feel a sense of pride being an essential aspect of providing a life-saving service to New Zealanders by collecting, processing and distributing blood and blood products.

About the role

We have x2 Registered Nurse positions available for applicants who are ideally residing in Central, West, or North Auckland.

One to start as soon as possible and the other to start early

• for training, induction and orientation.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a unique part of the health sector, where although you are not working as part of a Te Whatu Ora (DHB's), you are still caring for people and making a huge difference to patient outcomes.

There is a lot more to being a nurse at NZBS other than just taking blood.

Dealing with primarily well people gives a different perspective to a working day.

The hours will generally be rostered duties Monday to Saturday, with some varying lengths of days so flexibility is required.

You must be flexible to rotate according to the roster in all our Auckland donor centres (Henderson, Takapuna, Rosedale, Epsom and Manukau) and mobile teams.

Occasional statutory holiday duties may also be required.

Whether you are interested in developing your clinical skills and experience in therapeutic procedures such as collection of stem cells and plasma exchange procedures; your leadership skills coordinating our collects; or your coaching and training and development skills, inspiring our staff to be the best they can be, NZBS has fantastic opportunities for everyone.

Salary offered starting at $75,773 to $106,739 per annum depending on skills, registration, and experience.

About you and the role

As our donors regularly go out of their way to give up their time to donate blood, great customer service is key to ensuring they have an amazing donation experience that encourages their continued support.

To be successful in this role you'll be a great communicator with good written and verbal skills, vital for reassuring the donor every step of the way.

We welcome enquiries from RNs who will utilise their health assessment, critical thinking and reflective practice skills to contribute to all aspects of the collection of blood products and donor health education at our mobile and donor room collects.

No phlebotomy experience needed!

Let us train you!

A comprehensive induction programme, training and PDRP available.

If this role sounds like you and you are self-motivated, get the best out of people and able to communicate on all levels, then we would like to hear from you.

About New Zealand Blood and Organ Service

New Zealand Blood and Organ Service (NZBS) is dedicated to saving lives.

Every year, tens of thousands of generous people donate their time, blood and plasma to us for free.

In addition to our vein to vein service in transfusion we also provide national services in organ transplantation, cellular therapies and tissue banking.

We exist to ensure the efficient delivery of safe blood and tissue products on a time critical basis throughout New Zealand and through the generosity of our donors, we are able to help save lives.

Our shared values are at the heart of our organisation's culture and guide our behaviour each and every day.

These values inspire, motivate us and drive us to provide the very best service to the New Zealand public.

Watch this video to see what our people say about the NZBS values they admire the most.

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