About Us
Braemar Hospital is a prestigious private surgical hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand, dedicated to supporting nearly 200 credentialed specialists, across nine operating theatres and two endoscopy suites, and providing a full range of surgical specialities and medical procedures.
Our hospita exists, quite simply, to make lives better. We know the right experience at Braemar Hospital can improve how patients and their whānau feel, and how they live, even when there’s a long journey to full recovery. To see patients leave Braemar with a new lease on life makes our
efforts worthwhile.
The service we deliver at Braemar Hospital, and the profit that generates, enables our owner, the Braemar Charitable Trust, to support our community to live better lives through funding surgeries, health-related academic scholarships, medical research, and other health-related initiatives across the Waikato.
Care and excellence are at our core. We are well known for investing in highly sophisticated technology, equipment, and facilities to enable our highly skilled team to deliver quality, safe patient outcomes. We also invest heavily in developing a world-leading organisational culture to attract and retain the very best talent because we know the critical role our team play in surgical excellence.
The Opportunity
We are currently seeking a permanent, part-time (0.8 FTE) Clinical Nurse Specialist: Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) to join our personable and innovative Quality & Risk team.
Reporting to the Quality & Risk Manager, the Clinical Nurse Specialist: IPC leads our business in crucial IPC education, systems and controls.
Responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:
- stewardship of Braemar’s IPC Programme, with regular review to ensure currency, in consultation with the Quality & Risk Manager, IPC committee and other stakeholders.
- acting as a nursing resource to provide expert advice and education to nursing staff and other
healthcare professionals, as well as patients and their whānau.
- consulting with relevant clinical staff to implement and evaluate appropriate infection prevention and control measures for staff and patients with infectious diseases.
- contributing to the implementation of systems that collect, analyse and recommend improvement to infection prevention and control practices using evidence-based advice in all departments, both clinical and non-clinical.
- engaging organisationally to improve and grow the calibre of IPC practices and organisational IPC capacity.
- ensuring new employees receive screening and orientation specific to infection prevention and
control.
- supporting the business to identify and address IPC issues in a timely and appropriate manner.
- completion of daily MDRO surveillance of booked admissions.
To be successful in this role
Essential
- Current registration and annual practising certificate with the Nursing Council of New Zealand.
- A minimum of five years of postgraduate clinical experience in an area of specialisation.
- Postgraduate certificate in a relevant area of nursing or health leadership.
- Proven success in quality improvement activities that demonstrate your dedication to evidence-based practice and ability to work compassionately with people.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the application of critical thinking to
varied scenarios.
- Ability to work within a team and establish meaningful relationships across the organisation.
- Being approachable and proactive with a positive attitude.
- Excellent facilitation, coordination and time management skills.
- Commitment to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi as well as enabling and including people of diverse backgrounds.
Desirable
- Postgraduate Diploma or higher in area of relevant nursing or health leadership
- Current expert level or above nursing portfolio achieved via a Nursing Council of New
Zealand-approved Professional Development Recognition Programme (PDRP).
- A genuine passion for continuous learning and development, including an ability to inspire others to grow.
Working for Us
Choosing to work at Braemar Hospital means choosing to live the Braemar Way. Our BCOMPassionate’ principles are our North Star, and we know when our people and culture line up behind the Braemar Way, we become unbeatable.
In addition to competitive remuneration, working at Braemar Hospital provides you with access to a number of great benefits, including:
- We provide morning and afternoon tea daily, and we have delicious seasonal fruit delivered three times a week across the hospital;
- We heavily subsidise restaurant-quality meals which you can order for lunch and dinner;
- We have an annual summer shutdown where we close the hospital and ensure our whole team have some down time;
- Once you hit five years’ service at Braemar, we increase your annual holidays accrual to five weeks per year;
- We offer access to our retail and experience discount platforms so you can access great local
discounts;
- We provide a parental leave top-up benefit if you’re heading off on parental leave;
- We offer limited free parking on site, a secure bike storage shed, electric vehicle chargers, and we are on a main public transport bus route;
- We provide a pretty special Wellness initiative each year;
- You’ll have access to a Financial Advisor to help support with your personal finances, free of
charge;
- We offer Vitae support which includes confidential, professional support anytime you need it;
- We have a Talent Referral Bonus, and we recognise Long Service;
- We offer considerable space options for you to take a break – we have beautiful outdoor gardens and patio areas, our tea rooms are well-equipped, and we offer quiet spaces for prayer or reflection, or just to have some time out;
- We also provide professional development, internal development opportunities, and
professional celebrations throughout the year;
- We offer the Workride benefit, a programme which enables you to easily purchase a bike, e-bike or e-scooter at significantly offset cost.
We are not accepting candidate applications via agencies at this time.
Recruitment to this role is subject to our internal Braemar Talent Referral Scheme.
If you believe you have the skills and experience for this role, we would love to hear from you. Apply now by uploading your cover letter and resume or phone Laura Houchen, Quality & Risk Manager, for a confidential discussion on 07 858 6368.
