Clinical Nurse Specialists - Stroke

• 0.8 FTE Permanent Role
• 0.8 FTE Fixed Term Role

Would you like the opportunity to demonstrate your superior clinical knowledge and skills, your excellent communication skills, and strong leadership abilities to really make your mark?

With a growing population base and a commitment to research, innovation and professional development, CM Health is an exciting place to grow your career. We are a team of talented individuals working together to make a positive difference to the people we serve, the communities we work in and to each other!

Our Acute Stroke ward has a fantastic team that looks after clients from very culturally diverse backgrounds with complex and stimulating medical cases, while providing the highest standard of care.

With the increasing demand of our stroke services, we are looking for an outstanding senior nurse to take on this opportunity to be involved with a dynamic stroke team.  We are looking for a leader, with exceptional clinical skills to help take the stroke service into the future; building upon the high level of clinical excellence currently provided by the stable experienced ward and stroke team.

As a clinical nurse specialist, you will be required to provide strong clinical skills, show high levels of professionalism and leadership skills, be a team player within a fantastic working environment. You will need great interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate with patients, their families and staff alike, have lots of enthusiasm and be very well organised. We are seeking a star performer who is patient focused, thrives on creating innovative solutions, has a commitment to quality improvement and the energy to maintain the very high standards currently in place within the stroke team..

If this describes you and your unfailing commitment to the delivery of quality patient care, please apply immediately. 

Essential Criteria :

• New Zealand registered nurse with current APC
• Working at an expert/proficient level
• At least 5 years experience in stroke/medicine
• A strong clinical experience
• Post-graduate qualification or near completion

Apply online now at www.countieshealthjobs.com or for more information on this role please call Fran Upoko in the Recruitment Centre on 276 0044 ext 53449.

Applications close :  21 February 2022

Job number : CMH20227328

Our highest priority is the safety and welfare of our patients and our people.  We have strict Health & Safety measures to keep our people safe. All new employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 under the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.