Charge Nurse Manager - Operating Theatre - Fixed Term

at  Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury

FULL TIME FIXED TERM COVERING EXTENDED LEAVE OF ABSENCE

• Nursing leadership opportunity
• Recent Operating Theatre or PeriOp experience essential
  When you work with the Te Whatu Ora Waitaha, you’re part of something very special. We plan, fund and deliver health services to the almost 600,000 New Zealanders that live in the Canterbury region. Our primary goal is to put people at the heart of everything we do.

NGĀ PŪKENGA ME NGĀ WHEAKO | SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• As a Senior Nurse, you will have recent Operating Theatre experience with proven leadership skills supporting daily operational activity and patient flow.
• Your expert communication, interpersonal skills and proven ability to engage people at all levels will see you work effectively and efficiently with a diverse group of teams to lead your team to provide advanced clinical care and nursing expertise to the patients and their families/whanau.
• By utilising your advanced knowledge and clinical skills in collaboration with nursing and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and other external agencies you will contribute to the development and maintenance of high quality evidenced based patient care whilst also contributing to and developing, appropriate nursing standards and quality initiatives.
• You are able to problem solve and manage complex situations as they arise, redistributing nursing resources to ensure the optimal patient experience while supporting clinical delivery. Your sound interpersonal skills and impeccable management of complex situations enable you to work alongside a variety of clinicians to ensure care is delivered as required.
• You have a comprehensive understanding of competency in nursing and can work alongside individuals to support professional development.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Experience in relevant management and/or leadership roles with the ability to influence decision making and change.
• Interpersonal skills and building relationships.
• Strategic thinking and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Familiar with operational and financial management.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office suite and other relevant software.
• NZ Registered Nurse with a current Annual Practising Certificate and hold a relevant Post Graduate qualification.

MŌ MĀTOU – ABOUT US

From July last year the Canterbury DHB transitioned across to Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ. This is a great opportunity to make a difference at a time of significant change in the healthcare sector.
Waitaha Canterbury is considered a world leader in its people centred approach to health care. We have a unique one health system approach focused on providing “the right care and support, to the right person, at the right time and in the right place.” We plan, fund and deliver health services to the almost 600,000 New Zealanders that live in the Canterbury region.
We are proud of how we do things. We have a way of working that we consider unique. It’s about trying new things, listening to ideas from wherever they come from and working together as one.
We are passionate about attracting, recruiting and retaining talented people – become part of our team.

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic nursing leader to join our Operating Theatre team. We are looking for a collaborative senior nurse with strong interpersonal skills, innovative thinking, the ability to problem solve and respond in this fast-paced environment. The Operating Theatre CNM role has a focus and management of the Operating Theatre Assistants, along with an Operating Theatre link with Sterile Sciences amongst other portfolios.

Our Operating Theatre Suite at Christchurch Hospital consists of 28 theatres, providing acute and elective operating from all surgical specialties on a 24-hour, 7 day a week basis.

• Proposed Start Date: 13/12/2023
• End Date of Fixed Term: 20/05/2024