Mātanga Tapuhi Nurse Practitioner - Health of Older People

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora – Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

Location:   Hutt Valley Community 

Service:      Hutt Valley Older Adults, Rehabilitation and Allied Health (ORA) Community Team

Contract:   Part Time (Fixed term 12 months) 32 hours per week- days and hours are flexible. 

Salary:      NZNO Nurse Practitioner Salary Grade 6 Step 1-4

                  Dependent upon experience & qualifications - Pro rata             

Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role

We have an exciting opportunity with an innovative Mātanga Tapuhi Nurse Practitioner (NP) Health of Older People.

This cross sector role based at Hutt Hospital improves access to comprehensive gerontology assessment (CGA) and coordinated interventions to support older adults to live safely in their own homes. To improve equity, the Mātanga Tapuhi NP will work with Māori and Pacific people aged 55 + years who present to the Community ORA team with diagnoses usually associated with older people that impact their function and social well-being.

One of the key objectives of our wider service is to support older adults to live safely in their own homes as long as possible. The NP role will contribute to this service objective by providing a timely, flexible and collaborative service with links to primary care.  The NP will assist with identifying acute or emergent issues and offering treatment guidance and care to prevent further deterioration or loss of function. We are looking for an autonomous practitioner but you will not be working in isolation as the role is embedded with the Community Older Adults, Rehab and Allied health team while working closely with our Geriatricians and Frailty Registrar. 

Mō tō mātou rōpū – About our team

Te Herenga Tangata is our Community Older Adults, Rehabilitation and Allied Health service. We are a large, friendly, interdisciplinary team offering you access to Physiotherapists, along with Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Speech Language therapists, and Dietitians colleagues. Across the broader Community Older Peoples service there are other NPs and Senior Nurses.  You will also have support from the Nurse Director and linkage with the Nurse Consultant Advanced Practice.  Given that we are now part of a single District with Capital Coast you will also be linking with NPs working within the CC Community ORA teams. 

We are continuing to build relationships with Primary Health and a broad range of government and community providers. This collaboration is already making it easier for our staff to provide timelier, effective and equity focused health services.  You will be involved in the ongoing evolution of these collaborative partnerships as we develop our practice to respond to the diversity of the Hutt Valley. 

Moū – About you

We wish to see applications from people who are passionate about the health of our Older Adults population and committed to models of practice that will support the wider health system. You must be open to innovation and collaboration. 

The person in this role will:

• Be registered as a nurse practitioner with the nursing council 
• Have some experience of community OR acute health of the older person
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with all levels of staff in a multidisciplinary team.
• A strong patient care focus and able to deliver high quality of care for patients and whānau in their homes.
• A passion for ongoing learning, professional development and the ability to share, support and develop others.

E pā ana ki a tatou – About us

Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast

Hutt Valley

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click “apply now” button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email Deb.Brodie@TeWhatuora.govt.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed