Registered Nurse

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. We are currently looking for a Registered Nurse to join our Southern team in Dunedin. This role is fast-paced and dynamic and requires someone with a great work ethic and empathetic mindset geared towards helping support tāngata live full 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.
• Provide direction for our Support Workers in creating a homely and welcoming space for our tāngata that is supportive of their needs and enables them to lead full lives.
• Engage with tāngata to assess their health and wellbeing needs and provide plans to meet their care needs. This could include 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.

You will also be a member of the on-call team, both on shift and on a shared roster, that includes covering all SST Southern premises. This position is 40 hours per week, but hours can be negotiated.

In this role you will:

• Have a relevant Nursing qualification and be registered with Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa| Nursing Council of New Zealand.
• Have a minimum of 3 years' experience in the mental health, disability and/or brain injury sectors.
• 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 the Medico Alpaca medication system.
• Have a full, clean driver's license.

A friendly work environment where you, together with support staff, can make a difference in people's lives.

• Paid Sick leave (after three months permanent employment).
• Paid Birthday leave (after six months permanent employment).
• Internal training and development opportunities.

We are a faith-based organisation, delivering mental distress and intellectual disability and difference 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.

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 021 190 5737 or email [email protected] . 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.

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