Clinical Nurse Coach – Inpatient Ward

at  Braemar Hospital

ABOUT THE JOB

Two permanent part-time 0.5 FTE positions available, rostered and rotating shifts

• Join our clinical education team at the point of care in this new influential education role, supporting, coaching, and developing nurses to deliver safe, high-quality care
• Fantastic benefits, easy parking, great team

ABOUT US

Braemar Hospital is a prestigious private surgical hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand, dedicated to supporting nearly 200 credentialed specialists, including surgeons from many parts of the world, working at the highest level in their fields.
Excellence is at our core, and with highly sophisticated technology and facilities and our highly skilled team working across nine operating theatres and two endoscopy suites, we support a full range of surgical specialties and medical procedures.
We are known for our innovation and the five-star experience we provide to our patients, specialists, and visitors every day, and we recognise and value our people for the outstanding commitment and contribution they make to deliver this experience.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are currently seeking two Clinical Nurse Coach – Inpatient Ward.
Reporting to the Nurse Advisor: Clinical Education & PDRP, the Clinical Nurse Coach – Inpatient Ward works in a supernumerary capacity, at the point of care in the Inpatient Ward providing a safe, proactive, welcoming learning environment that encourages and supports development of clinical knowledge and skills.

Responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

• clinical induction, facilitating structured new employee orientation, in collaboration with preceptors, Charge Nurses, and other members of the team.
• preceptor/learning support, coaching new and existing nurses to consolidate ongoing practice learning on identified knowledge and skill gaps to develop confidence, competence to become highly functional and flexible Inpatient Ward nurses.
• clinical skills development, providing hands-on, just in time clinical support, guidance, to new and existing nurses across all aspects care delivery in the Inpatient Ward.
• mandatory training – facilitating competency certification, and skills verification in partnership with specific topic link/resource people.
• safe practice, working alongside Inpatient Ward nurses in direct clinical care delivery promoting evidence-based practice, role modelling excellent nursing practice to support clinical decision making and professional development.

To be successful in this role:

• clinical induction, facilitating structured new employee orientation, in collaboration with preceptors, Charge Nurses, and other members of the team.
• preceptor/learning support, coaching new and existing nurses to consolidate ongoing practice learning on identified knowledge and skill gaps to develop confidence, competence to become highly functional and flexible Inpatient Ward nurses.
• clinical skills development, providing hands-on, just in time clinical support, guidance, to new and existing nurses across all aspects care delivery in the Inpatient Ward.
• mandatory training – facilitating competency certification, and skills verification in partnership with specific topic link/resource people.
• safe practice, working alongside Inpatient Ward nurses in direct clinical care delivery promoting evidence-based practice, role modelling excellent nursing practice to support clinical decision making and professional development