Registered Nurse
Stepping Stone Trust
Registered Nurse
Permanent Part-time (0.6 FTE)
Stepping Stone Trust is a Charitable Trust that offers a range of community-based support services for adults, youth and families who live in Canterbury and Dunedin. Te Ara Pakeke (Adult Residential Services) supports people who experience mental distress and need assistance in their recovery journey. We provide a homely and supportive living environment with professional care and monitoring of the general health and wellbeing of our tāngata, by ensuring their core personal and mental health needs are met. Our focus is on holistic wellbeing and promoting the citizenship of our tāngata.
We are looking for a Registered Nurse to join our Adult Residential Services team in a permanent part-time role, working 24 hours per week, Monday to Friday between 8am and 5pm. This is a fast-paced, dynamic position suited for someone with a strong work ethic and a compassionate approach, dedicated to supporting tāngata in living full and meaningful lives.
About The role | Mō Te Tūnga
In this role you will:
- Provide clinical expertise, assessment and triage of needs to meet the requirements of tāngata.
- Engage with tāngata to assess their health and wellbeing needs and provide plans to meet their care needs. This includes oversight of medication management and short-term care plans.
- Support and provide direction to unregistered staff and oversee medication management including training of other staff members to administer and short-term plans.
- Be able to strongly advocate for tāngata in a clinical setting.
- Develop beneficial professional relationships with GPs and other health professionals.
About you | Mōu
You will:
- Have a relevant Nursing qualification and be registered with Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa| Nursing Council of New Zealand.
- Have relevant experience in the mental health sector.
- A willingness to commit to and support the bicultural journey that Stepping Stone Trust is on as we live out our partnership under Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles.
- Have a compassionate and caring nature with good communication skills.
- Be able to work in dynamic and fast paced environments and possess the ability to assess a situation and decide a course of action quickly.
- Have strong organisational skills for managing your workload alongside good verbal and written communication skills.
- Have confidence in working alongside tāngata and possess an engaging communication style to relate and connect with tāngata and their whānau.
- Have a strong (intermediate) level of computer literacy.
- Possess knowledge of / experience in implementing medication systems (such as Medico Alpaca, Medimap and Onechart).
- Have a full, clean driver's license is essential.
We offer | Tā mātou mahi
A friendly work environment where you, together with support staff, can make a difference in people's lives.
- Paid birthday leave (after six months continuous/permanent employment).
- Paid sick leave (after three months continuous/permanent employment)
- Internal training and development opportunities.
About us | Mō mātou
We are a faith-based organisation, delivering mental health recovery services, and our mission is to journey with people to find a place of standing, hope, recovery, and wellness. We champion our values of Faith, Grace, Hope, Love, and Integrity in our work by bringing the best of ourselves to every situation and put the wellbeing of all the people we care for, first.
Applications close 5pm Sunday 8th December 2024.
If you are interested in this role and have a passion for helping and supporting tāngata in our community, then we would love to hear from you. For further information and/or a Position Description please contact Sharon on 03 338 6390 or email recruitment@stepstone.org.nz. We look forward to receiving your cover letter and CV.
Applications are reviewed as we receive them, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to hire employees and close a job before the advertised closing date.
Stepping Stone Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and we strive to attract and maintain a diverse workforce. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and ensures a positive culture for people to work in. All applicants must be eligible work in New Zealand.
** Our organisation has a strong commitment to safeguarding vulnerable people; and any employees will be vetted to a level appropriate to the role for which they have applied.
Applications close: 08 Dec 2024