Registered Nurse – Special Care Unit (Parental Leave Cover)

at  Braemar Hospital

ABOUT THE JOB

• Part-time, fixed-term parental leave cover;
• Join a high calibre, close knit multi-disciplinary team working in our Special Care Unit (SCU); and
• Experience an environment focused on employee wellness, where we enjoy a two-week shut-down over Christmas and competitive remuneration and benefits.

ABOUT US

Braemar Hospital is a prestigious private surgical hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand, dedicated to supporting nearly 200 credentialed specialists, across nine operating theatres and two endoscopy suites, and providing a full range of surgical specialties and medical procedures.
Our hospital exists, quite simply, to make lives better. We know the right experience at Braemar Hospital can improve how patients and their whānau feel, and how they live, even when there’s a long journey to full recovery. To see patients, leave Braemar with a new lease on life makes our efforts worthwhile.
The service we deliver at Braemar Hospital, and the profit that generates, enables our owner, the Braemar Charitable Trust, to support our community to live better lives through funding surgeries, health-related academic scholarships, medical research, and other health-related initiatives across the Waikato.
Care and excellence are at our core. We are well-known for investing in highly sophisticated technology, equipment, and facilities to enable our highly skilled team to deliver quality, safe patient outcomes. We also invest heavily in developing a world-leading organisational culture to attract and retain the very best talent because we know the critical role our team play in surgical excellence.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are currently seeking a Registered Nurse.
Working in the Special Care Unit (SCU), reporting to the Charge Nurse, the Registered Nurse is responsible for delivering the highest standard of care post-surgery, which includes minor procedures right through to highly complex cases including cardiothoracic, HIPECs, cardiology, urology, plastics, general and colorectal.

To be successful in this role you will:

• A minimum of 5 years relevant ICU/HDU experience;
• Demonstrated clear and professional communication skills and the ability to remain calm and collected in a high-pressure situation;
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills, and an organised and methodical approach;
• Understand that the key to success lies in our team operating in collaboration with one another and you will have the ability and disposition to enhance cooperation and teamwork with a patient centred approach;
• A current New Zealand Nursing Registration (APC); and
• Ability to work rostered and rotating shifts, and be prepared to work in other areas of the hospital within the Patient Services team dependent on workload and clinical acuity.

• A minimum of 5 years relevant ICU/HDU experience;
• Demonstrated clear and professional communication skills and the ability to remain calm and collected in a high-pressure situation;
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills, and an organised and methodical approach;
• Understand that the key to success lies in our team operating in collaboration with one another and you will have the ability and disposition to enhance cooperation and teamwork with a patient centred approach;
• A current New Zealand Nursing Registration (APC); and
• Ability to work rostered and rotating shifts, and be prepared to work in other areas of the hospital within the Patient Services team dependent on workload and clinical acuity