Registered Nurse High Dependency Unit Wairau

• Registered Nurse – High Dependency Unit (HDU)
• Wairau Hospital Blenheim
• Permanent Full/Part time FTE available
• We welcome Graduate nurse applications

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse working in HDU you will apply your clinical nursing experience to provide interventions that require substantial scientific and professional knowledge, skills and clinical decision making.

This is a permanent, full time or part-time role, with rostered and rotating shifts across Monday to Sunday – mornings, afternoons and nights.  Shifts can be worked as 8 or 12 hour duration.

About the Team/Location

Our busy and well-equipped HDU/AAU provides critical care services for Wairau Hospital, including short term intensive care often transferring patients to secondary or tertiary level ICUs. It is co-located with our Emergency Department at Wairau Hospital. 

We provide a supportive and nurturing workplace to assist staff to meet the challenges of this diverse area, at the frontline of the acute health care service. We work hard, we do a fantastic job, and we enjoy doing it. Most importantly we achieve more by doing it together!

About You

As a Registered Nurse working in HDU you will:

• Be someone with at least 2 years experience in critical care, either in Intensive Care, High Dependency care, Coronary care or Emergency Nursing,

• Be a NZ Registered Nurse with a current NZNC practising certificate and will have at least two years of post-registration critical care nursing experience,
•  Enjoy the variety and challenge of a rapidly changing environment,
• Be a team player who enjoys keeping up to date with clinical practice,
• Have excellent organisational and time management skills as well as commitment to quality.

Consideration will be given to nurses with a background in medical or surgical nursing who can demonstrate the ability to become competent in critical care.

The successful candidate must be eligible to work in New Zealand or hold a valid NZ visa at the time of applying.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities. 

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by 10.04.26. If you have any general questions please contact the nursing recruiter on Lee.Packer@tewhatuora.govt.nz or for more role specific questions please contact Simon Langford (Charge Nurse Manager ED/HDU) at Simon.Langford@nmdhb.govt.nz .

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.