Job Description

To tatou tikanga | Our Culture

Our staff are passionate people, each driven to contribute to better health outcomes, with a focus on high priority populations. We are focused on hiring kaimahi who live and work in the communities they serve.

Whakarongorau Aotearoa (Whakarongorau) is committed to understanding and improving mana taurite (equal status) starts with the understanding of self and how we, as health professionals, think and behave each minute of each day to serve the health needs for Aotearoa.

We are committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the community we support.

Ko wai mātou | About us

Whakarongorau, a social enterprise, is a digital health and social services organisation with a proven record of connecting people seamlessly with care when they need it.

Whakarongorau has the privilege of running free to the public, virtual health, mental health, and social services for the people of Aotearoa. We want to give everyone in Aotearoa the opportunity for wellness. We focus on the connected world of digital care, where we can help join all the dots, and select the right services, advice, support and help for the right need.

We use our healthy imagination to solve big problems by understanding the tiny ways that people are blocked from getting the care they deserve. Our imagination comes from our people and our partners and their drive to never give up.

Mō tēnei tūranga - About the role

As a Clinical Nurse Lead, you’ll play a crucial role in advancing cervical screening services across Aotearoa. With the recent introduction of HPV testing and the implementation of a new Cervical Screening Register, your mission is clear: to provide compassionate, accurate, and timely support to eligible individuals. This includes ensuring that under-screened populations, particularly Māori and Pacific communities, have equitable access to screening.

• Provide clinical guidance related to Cervical Screening Standards and HPV Guidelines while ensuring consistent, accurate and appropriate advice for service users
• Engage with General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Colposcopists and other Clinicians in a timely manner
• Comply with and work within the Nursing Council scope of practice while providing consistent and accurate advice

Why You'll Love Working with Us

Collaborative Environment: Join a team that values collaboration, innovation, and mutual support
Professional Development: Cultivate your skills and expertise within an environment that fosters continuous learning and growth
Balanced Schedule: This is a Monday to Friday role 8am to 4.30pm, allowing you to enjoy your weekends and maintain a healthy work-life balance

Qualifications

Mōu ake | About you

• New Zealand Registered Nurse with current practising certificate
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant senior nursing experience
• Demonstrated experience in an advisory role desired
• Provide effective, clinically appropriate and supportive clinical services to service users
• Able to support colleagues in a positive and effective way
• When required, feels confident in de-escalating and debriefing frontline teams and Service Users
• An understanding of Te Tiriti O Waitangi and a commitment to increasing equity for Māori Tangata Whai Ora
• Whakarongorau Aotearoa acknowledges Mana Māori and mātauranga Māori as a professional skill set

If you're excited about this role and think you have what it takes, but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you and would encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

Ō mātou uara | Our values

E kimi ana mātou i ētahi tangata e kaha whakanui i ēnei uara - We are looking for people who align naturally with these values and will champion them

• Mahia te mea tika / Do the right thing
• Hihiri e te kounga / Motivated by quality
• Ngākau nui ki te pai ake / Passion for better
• Pokohiwi ki Pokohiwi / Shoulder to shoulder