Night Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Fourth Floor And Sau

## Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this role

• Dunedin Hospital
• Permanent, part-time vacancies
• FTE,
• hours per fortnight)
• Salary band - $114,025 - $121,444 p.a pro-rata and KiwiSaver
• 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.
• About the role
• We have an exciting, permanent position for an experienced Clinical Nurse Coordinator OR Senior Registered Nurse looking for that next step in their nursing career, to work across the fourth floor surgical wards including Surgical High Acuity Area (four beds) and the new Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) (six beds and five chairs).
• As a Night Clinical Nurse Coordinator, you will :
• provide specialist nursing care and expertise both in direct care delivery and to mentor staff so they gain appropriate knowledge and skills
• work across the organisation acting in the roles of clinician, educator, consultant, researcher, leader / change agent and care coordinator / case manager
• coordinate with other teams across the fourth floor to support the SAU project
• work with the Duty Manager to support admission and bed flow into the appropriate ward / high acuity area or for the Surgical assessment unit
• support appropriate safe transfer of surgical patients out of the Emergency department into the SAU
• ensure deteriorating patients receive appropriate care and review following EWS pathway and utilising PAR team support Ensure IT support systems such as TrendCare, SIPICS and VRM CAAG are kept up to date.
• Ward 4C is a 25-bed general surgical ward provides for both elective and acute surgical admissions, specialising in :
• vascular
• urology
• plastics
• breast
• gynaecology.
• Ward 4A is a 24 bed General Surgery ward, with an additional four high acuity beds attached, specialising in :
• upper and lower GI
• colorectal surgery
• elective and acute surgical admissions.
• Surgical Assessment Unit
• Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) provides Nurse led work up of surgical patients who meet the criteria for SAU admission, allowing an enhanced surgical patient journey by earlier access to diagnostic testing, and where indicated treatments such as IV hydration, antibiotics and pain relief.

This allows early diagnosis and treatment or safe discharge plans to be put in place.Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities.

We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region.

We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community.

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 Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by Friday, 24 October

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Ben Kingsbury

Please apply via our | Location : | Otago |

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