Registered Nurse - Home Team

## Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this role

• Southland Hospital
• Permanent, full-time role (1.0 FTE)
• Nursing salary band - $81,683 - $106,739 p.a pro-rata
• 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
• The Home team is available to provide hospital avoidance and supported discharge of patients working across a range of settings including the community, Emergency Department, and in-patient areas.

The Home team are a comprehensive, integrated service that are responsive to patient and service needs.

The Home team are focused on delivering one car up the driveway, one assessment and one plan of care.This is a fantastic opportunity for a registered nurse interested in working as part of an inter-professional team.

Within this position, you will support the early discharge of appropriate patients from Southland Hospital.

You will monitor their recovery and ensure everyone is able to maintain their independence in their own home.To add to the excitement of this role, as a registered nurse within the Home team, we are reviewing processes to enable the provision of a responsive community-based service for patients, who (while being medically stable) require urgent assessment and immediate coordination of services to prevent Emergency Department presentations or hospital admission.This role covers a Monday to Sunday service between the hours of 8am to 6pm, and also includes public holiday work.

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.

Competence in assessment of complex patient needs is desired.

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 Thursday, 13 November

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Mikayla Hamilton

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| Location : | Southland |

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