Registered Nurse Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation

Southland Hospital

• Permanent full-time position 1.0FTE (40 hours per week)
• Close-knit team
• Opportunity to step into specialist field

About the opportunity

The AT&R service provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for the persons with complex needs. The majority of patients in AT&R (Southland) are older people with complex needs and those who have multiple health, functional and / or social problems.

This is an opportunity for you to experience the close-knit nursing, allied health and medical team environment in Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation (AT&R).

If you are looking to broaden your horizons or wanting to take a step into a specialist field, this could be your opportunity to do so.

About you

You must have ability to initiate and accept responsibility and work autonomously when appropriate or necessary. You must also be able to function well in a multidisciplinary team and it is preferable that you have previous recent elderly care or rehabilitation experience.

You must have :

• Current registration with the New Zealand Nursing Council and a current APC, with the right to work in New Zealand.
• Demonstrated ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively with other professionals.
• Excellent time management, interpersonal and organisational skills
• The ability to be adaptable, flexible and solution focused.

The Location

Sick of long commutes to work? - Southland Hospital is located within a 10 - 15 minute drive from anywhere in Invercargill and offers free car parking on site for staff.

Our hospital is a modern, secondary level 4 base hospital offering an innovative and progressive working environment. Small and intimate enough to get to know not only your colleagues, but your patients in particular.

Here you will enjoy a clinically challenging and rewarding job combined with a relaxed and satisfying lifestyle.

Now is a great time to re-locate to the Southern District if you were considering the move the Southern District offers the benefits of excellent amenities, first class primary through to tertiary education, affordable housing and outstanding recreational opportunities.

Whether it’s the outdoors - kayaking or sailing; skiing, hunting or fishing; or theatre, live-music or art or shopping and dining out there’s literally something for everyone.

Check out or check out Discover Invercargill for what we can offer you and your whanau.

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