Health Care Assistant District Nursing

Health Care Assistant - District Nursing

• Talbot Park - Timaru
• Rostered shifts, Monday to Friday

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmlygrounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to servingall New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building ahealth system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability,whānau-centred care, and excellence.

Right now, we're looking for a Health Care Assistant with experience behind them to become part of the District Nursing team and provide services for those receiving care, based in their own home.

Day to day this role assists and supports the Registered Nurses toprovide care and support to patients in their own homes. Health care assistantswork under the registered nurse direction and delegation, in addition to other'housekeeping' tasks.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility of a truly varied rolewhere there is never a dull moment or a day that looks like another!

Ideally you will have directly relevant work experience, or have worked for a recognised healthcare provider and therefore you are able to bring this experience to the role. Other success factors for this role includes;

• Previous clinical experience
• Display genuine sensitivity(and culturally empathy) toward others
• maintaining unfailing confidentiality in all respects
• Able to assist people with major health care needs and deliver safe quality care and client centred services.
• Present a friendly positive approach to colleagues, patients &visitors alike
• Utilise well developed communication skills to enhance patientexperiences
• Uses initiative, (i.e. sees something requiring attention andsimply does it)
• Full and clean New Zealand drivers licence is required for this role as youwill be expected to travel throughout the South Canterbury district.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is 'the weavingof wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the peopleof Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses onhelping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do theirwork. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reachequity in health outcomes.

Thisrole is covered by the terms and conditions of the Nursing Collective and thesalary will be in accordance with the Pay Scale, and dependent on relevant experience.

South Island - Canterbury - Timaru and South Canterbury

Clinical - Health Care Assistant - Hospital/Community - Health Care Assistant - Hospital / Community