Summerset at Bishopscourt (Dunedin) is looking for a Registered Nurse of the highest calibre to join the team.
Our Care Centre is a 42 bed floor that accommodates both Rest Home and Hospital level residents. We also have residents living in their apartments that we provide a high level of care to also - so your shifts will be varied and incredibly interesting.
Working a 4 day on and 2 day off roster of mornings and then afternoons (and some occasional nights) means you get to plan your home life very well as you'll know your work days well in advance. Morning shifts are 0645 - 1500, afternoons are 1445 - 2300 and if you do an occasional night, it'd be 2245 - 0700.
The work itself is absolutely awesome. There is the routine aspects that go with any role, but most days you'll be challenged with some aspect of the care we provide - whether it is first aid, wound care, end of life care or managing some very complex health conditions.
You'll need excellent assessment skills to deal with a wide range of health conditions, wound knowledge, sound judgement and brilliant communication skills.
You'll have another RN on the AM and PM shifts with you to collaborate and support you and vise versa, and a team of 6 - 8 impressive caregivers on each shift, along with out Kaitiaki (wellbeing assistants) and inspirational recreational and diversional therapists to help you bring the best of life to our residents.
The Care Centre manager is a unapologetic stickler for high standards and very high standards of care, so you need to make sure you are too!. The day to day leading of the team is done by the Clinical Nurse Leader who works Tuesday to Saturday. They are another very experienced nurse for you to consult with also if needed. Afterhours, either the Care Centre Manager or Clinical Nurse Leader is on call for any help needed or to escalate risk to.
And if you join Summerset, you'll be joining 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
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
Provide holistic care
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
Rewarding work
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.
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 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.
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 and influenza before commencing work at Summerset.
If you have any questions, or would like to know more, email the Care Centre Manager Brad.Aitcheson@summerset.co.nz who'd love to hear from you, but applications will only be considered when submitted formally (and not via email).
If you are interested in applying, have high standards, can work well in a team, have a genuine interest and desire to bring the best of life to our residents, Brad would love to hear from you.
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