Community Nurse, Gisborne

Gisborne based. Travel up the East Coast 1 day per month Connections to / Relationships with Ngati Porou Iwi essential 0.8 FTE, no rostered weekends (will consider Full Time if you'd like 5 days) About the organisation This organisation is a small team, yet big on performance. They provide community based quality end of life hospice care in a close knit, caring community. Care is delivered in people's homes and in aged residential care facilities across the diverse Tairawhiti region.About the job Holistic care coordination role based out of Gisborne but will involve one day per month travelling up the East Coast Assessments, care planning, patient education, identifying equipment needs. Supporting patients and their whanau. 4 days per week Monday to Friday (will consider full time)No rostered weekends, but an on call component. The busiest time is when you are working with patients trying to get symptoms and pain under control, or if they are actively dying. Every day starts in the office but then you can either visit acute patients with the Doctor, see your own patients in the community, or stay back in the office taking phone calls and doing paperwork.About you A passion for providing quality end of life care is essential Hospice, aged care, or specialist palliative care experience is preferred Registered Nurse with a current NZ practicing certificate and right to work in New Zealand A proactive, flexible, team player with a calm, confident and even temperamentCurrent and Full New Zealand Drivers license Connections to / relationships with Ngati Porou Iwi essential On offer Join a team of people who are flexible, will treat you like whanau and an organisation that really does offer work life balance. On offer is up to $97,247 per annum. You'll receive additional on call rates and professional development.APPLY NOW or call Jeanette Rendle on 0h 027 705 7079 for more information or a copy of the job description. #J-18808-Ljbffr