Nursing at Ara Poutmana Aotearoa offers many unique opportunities to develop and practise your skills in a wide range of clinical areas. On any given day Nurses working in our prison health centres provide a full range of primary health care services. 
Nurses assess and manage people with a variety of health issues, challenging physical and mental health problems, substance abuse related issues, as well as responding to emergencies and providing health education. 

Our Nurses enjoy genuine work-life balance, a competitive salary, no night shift work, a wide range of practice work, and an environment where supportive professional career opportunities are on offer.

Shifts include weekend work, but no night shifts, as there is an on-call triage system in place overnight.

If successful, you'll join a high-performing health led team who are dedicated and committed to developing and embedding a Kaupapa Māori based model of care into the heart of health services delivery.

Mōu | About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Recent experience in primary or secondary health care nursing
• A broad range of post-graduate clinical experience
• The ability to assess and respond to an emergency situation
• The motivation to continue learning and developing professionally
• A non-judgemental approach
• Experience in triage (desirable).

If you think you have what it takes to make a positive change, then we'd like to hear from you.

To apply for this position, you will need to be registered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand as a Registered Nurse, be eligible to work in New Zealand, hold a full New Zealand Drivers licence and be fully vaccinated.

COVID-19 vaccination requirements

All people working inside prisons will be required to be fully vaccinated as part of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021. People in prison are some of the most vulnerable to COVID-19 and due to the ease of transmission, extending the Vaccination Order supports the safety and wellbeing of our staff and people in prison