Full Time/Part Time roles available - Rostered Shifts!

Are you passionate about rehabilitation and helping the elderly??...Then Adult Rehabilitation health of older people’s services [ARHOP] is the place to be!

Counties Manukau District Health Board is a progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health delivery, working with New Zealand’s most culturally diverse populations.

ARHOP Service provides a specialist inpatient, outpatient and community service for adult rehabilitation and geriatric medicine. We are dedicated to improving and maintaining health and independence of people who often have multiple or complex needs.

Health Care Assistants are an integral part of our team, working closely with nursing staff to provide clinical and non-clinical assistance to patients, ensuring a consistently high quality of care is received. In addition to patient care, responsibilities include general duties to ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of the ward. This is a unique opportunity for you to contribute to our vision of delivering quality patient care.

You will have a strong commitment to providing patient focused care as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills.  As a team player with strong organisational and time management skills, you will be adaptable, open to change and able to relate well to people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures.

We are offering an opportunity to work across our 3 wards here in Middlemore hospital - Ward 4, ward 5 and ward 24.  Our wards deliver Assessment Treatment & Rehabilitation services with a Multidisciplinary partnership, providing patient focused care in Rehabilitation and Health of Older People. 

We are looking for enthusiastic Health Care Assistants to be part of our Assessment Treatment & Rehabilitation team. As a Health Care Assistant, you will be required to work under the delegation of a Registered Nurse to aid patients, ensuring a consistently high quality of care is received.  

We are looking for someone who is flexible, adaptable and enjoys working as a team member in a multidisciplinary team. We offer a comprehensive orientation and on-going training.

To review the job description for the role please click here

If you want to be a part of this fantastic team, apply online at https://careers.countiesmanukau.health.nz/

 Essential requirements:

• Health Care Assistant level 4 certificate or equivalent (to be assessed)
• Minimum 1+ year HCA experience in an acute environment in NZ
• Current CPR Certificate 
• Good communication and customer service skills
• Good command of verbal and written English

Applications close : 21 February 2022

Job number : CMH20216748

Our highest priority is the safety and welfare of our patients and our people.  We have strict Health & Safety measures to keep our people safe. All new employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 under the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.