Registered Nurse

Summerset is one of New Zealand's fastest-growing retirement communities. It's easy to see why, because our residents are at the heart of everything we do.

Develop your career:
We have a fabulous opportunity for a passionate Registered Nurse to join our Care Centre in Napier, working on a rotational roster of 4 days on - 2 days off.

Job Description

At Summerset, you'll learn a surprising range of skills. So your career could go in some interesting directions. You can:

• Lead caregiver teams and build leadership, delegation and mentoring skills
• Improve your skills in evidence-based clinical assessments
• Choose a specialist pathway and pursue clinical interests

At Summerset, we care about helping you succeed professionally. We provide:

• Access to external training
• Paid time off for PDRP
• Onsite training
• Days assigned to professional development

Our residents are often here for many years, and our approach to care is resident-directed. The ultimate focus is their quality of life. You'll have time to gain a broad sense of their needs, and:

• Focus on rehabilitation
• Set goals and provide support
• Enhance their day-to-day lives and improve their quality of life
• Manage their everyday needs, from clinical to end-of-life care

Qualifications

Aged care is one of the most rewarding areas of nursing. You can really enhance long-term residents' lives by:

• Getting to know residents, and their families, well
• Following through long-term care plans
• Meeting their health and social needs

Here, you'll gain experience and skills you'll use through your entire career.

Additional Information

Why Summerset?

Summerset's known for its excellent benefits and strong sense of values around care, teamwork and drive for excellence. With some of the best benefits in the sector, some of these include:

• Weekend rates of an additional 40% of the hourly rate
• Overtime rates at  T1.5
• Birthday leave
• Quarterly draws to  win one of three $3000 travel vouchers .
• We hold our annual company  Applause Awards where we recognise and thank those that exemplify bringing the best of life.
• We contribute to your fundraising efforts for nationwide charities.
• We pay up to a $3000 referral payment for successfully introducing talented people to Summerset.

By bringing the best of life to our residents, we stand apart in the aged care sector. There's truly no better place to develop your nursing career.

We welcome overseas applicants for this role who are currently working through relocation or looking to move to NZ. Please note all applications will be considered on merit.

The safety of our residents and staff is important to us. For this reason, we require all our employees to be fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19 before commencing work at Summerset