Nurse Specialist - Hepatocellular Cancer Coordinator

at  Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Waikato

• Exciting Senior Nurse Opportunity!
• Learn and grow your career with a multidisciplinary team
• Permanent Part time 0.5 FTE position
  Bring your expertise and join a renowned tertiary hospital that provides a comprehensive orientation and ongoing education in a supportive, team-based environment.

TE WHIWHINGA MAHI| THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Liver team at Te Toka Tumai Auckland as a Liver Nurse specialist with specialty focus on Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) . Your primary responsibility is to provide specialised nursing care and case management to patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) along the patient pathway from diagnosis, through their journey along either a palliative care pathway or referral to NZLTU for liver transplant assessment.
As a Nurse Specialist you will need to work autonomously as part of a supportive senior nursing and multidisciplinary team to provide care to our patient population. You will have clinical leadership in care delivery, care coordination, patient follow –up, procedural and diagnostic follow up and referrals to other specialists. The ideal candidate will have extensive surgical and/or liver nursing experience and be practising at a senior level, preferably with a postgraduate certificate or diploma in specialty nursing practice.
For more details about the role, please refer to the position description here.
For a confidential chat and to know about the team and the role, please contact Fionna Miller, Nurse Unit Manager via email on fionnam@adhb.govt.nz

NGA PŪKENGA MOTUHAKE | IMPORTANT SKILLS

It is essential that you meet the following criteria:

• Have at least 3-5 years post-graduate experience, preferably in surgical and/or liver experience.
• Interact effectively with a multi-disciplinary team and service members
• Maintain safe cultural practice and develop your cultural knowledge

• Have NZ nursing registration with a current Annual Practicing Certificate

  Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
  We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.
  We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.
  We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, or require information in an accessible format, please contact Michelle Kanth at mkanth@adhb.govt.nz or 021393084 to discuss how we can best support your application.