Palliative Care Specialist Nurse

Nurse Maude Hospice Palliative Care Specialist Service

0.8FTE Palliative Care Specialist Nurse (PCSN)- Palliative Aged Residential Care (PARC)

Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute to the quality of specialist palliative care in aged residential care facilities across Canterbury? Are you passionate about working in partnership with facility health care professionals? Do you have a developing interest in clinical teaching? Whatever your own reasons, we offer a warm welcome, and a chance to build on your nursing career, whilst making a genuine impact for residents and their whānau facing end of life.

Te Mahi/About the Position

We have a 0.8FTE permanent position available, working across a seven-day roster, as part of our specialist palliative care service. The palliative care specialist nurse (PCSN) is a senior nursing role. The position works in conjunction with the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), who provides additional consultancy on specialist palliative advice and support.

The focus is to develop collaborative partnerships with aged care facility staff, by providing clinical assessment for residents with complex palliative care needs, and clinical teaching, advocacy, coaching and liaison with staff. This approach ensures the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual elements of wellbeing are met holistically - tinana, whānau, hinengaro and wairua.

The PCSN position works collaboratively with the integrated specialist palliative care team, general practice teams, and community services to build and sustain strong professional relationships for the aged care sector.

He momo/About you

The successful candidate will have advancing palliative care clinical assessment skills, and care planning capabilities to prioritise, advocate and coordinate alongside clinical staff in aged residential care facilities.

Alongside this, an ability to build strong clinical networks and maintain excellent relationships across the aged care and community sector.

If you have 4 years post-registration nursing practice, with expanding knowledge in palliative care, experience working in the community and/or aged care, looking towards a post graduate qualification, an interest in clinical teaching, and a full driver license you may be who we are looking for.

Ki te huanga/Benefits of working at Nurse Maude

As well as joining a high-functioning and supportive team in a varied and rewarding role, Nurse Maude offers:

• Wellbeing- The wellbeing of our staff is very important to us. We offer discounts on a range of wellbeing activities including gym memberships, massages, eye tests and glasses, mole checks and dentures
• Staff Discounts- You will have access to a range of great staff discounts with our suppliers

• Health Insurance- Discounted healthcare through Southern Cross
• Staff Development - We encourage and support personal and professional development through study and research

Te Whakahaerenga/The Organisation

Nurse Maude is a well-known and highly regarded organisation providing clinical care, and homecare to some of the most vulnerable in our community. Established over 120 years ago. Nurse Maude provides services to more than 40,000 people each year, delivering over a million hours of district and specialist nursing, home support services, hospice and community palliative care and allied support.

Ki aro/Interested?

For more information, please contact Louisa Sullivan, Clinical Manager on 021 244 0744 or Louisa.Sullivan@nursemaude.org.nz

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date. If you are keen, please do not hesitate in applying. We look forward to hearing from you.

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