Clinical Nurse Advisor

Allevia Hospitals


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Auckland, Auckland
Contract type: Part time
Opportunity for an experienced senior RN to join our Advanced Nursing Team as a Clinical Nurse Advisor, on either a permanent or a fixed term 12 month contract (tell us what works for you).

About The Job

You'll be the first responder to clinical emergencies, and support your colleagues to escalate care and manage clinical deterioration. This is a permanent role 0.8 FTE (32 hrs per week). You'll report to our dynamic Charge Nurse Manager. Shifts are: On weekdays - 8 hr PMs or 10 hr nights, & on weekends - 12 hr days & nights, You will be assigned to either Allevia Hospital Epsom, or Allevia Hospital Ascot on a shift by shift basis.

Responsibilities Include

  • Managing staff & providing leadership of operational activities during after-hours and weekends
  • Providing specialist, evidenced based, clinical support and expertise at the bedside to our nursing staff
  • Using your advanced assessment skills to support the clinical assessment of patients causing concern and escalating as appropriate
  • Monitoring staffing levels and adjusting as required to maintain safe staffing
  • Liaising with our in-house Bureau to ensure bed allocations and casual staffing are managed appropriately

About You: The role is ideally suited to an experienced RN who has:

  • A high level of clinical expertise and leadership
  • Clinical expertise in a critical care environment within a NZ Hospital (or similar - e.g. Australia, UK, Ireland)
  • Current advanced clinical skills e.g. cannulation, phlebotomy, ECG, catheterisation
  • ACLS certification

The Benefits

This position is included in our collective agreement with the NZNO. We offer great pay rates and a range of other benefits that include; funded professional development, free parking, Christmas & New Year close-down period, subsidised private health insurance after 2 yrs service, discounts on gym memberships & retail, discounted hospital & pharmacy charges, wellbeing support programme, etc etc

About Us

We're part of the Allevia Health group of companies and we're New Zealand's largest private surgical facility with 25 theatres across 3 sites. Our surgical specialties include: Colorectal/Gastro, Gynae, Urology, Neurology, Oncology, Plastics, Head & Neck, (incl free flap reconstructive surgery), ENT/ORL, Orthopaedic/Spinal, Cardiothoracic, and Vascular. Our services include an ICU and HDU.

So, if you're an RN looking to advance your clinical career pathway and you believe you have what it takes to join our Advanced Nursing Team, then we look forward to receiving your application. Or, if you'd like more information or a confidential chat, please email Jan Arnold on [email protected]
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