About the job
• Permanent and fixed-term FTE (part-time and full-time options, ideally 0.6-0.8 FTE, as well as casual work considered);
• Flexible working hours available;
• Comprehensive orientation and induction and ongoing professional development opportunities; and
• Competitive remuneration, and fantastic benefits.
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 specialties and medical procedures.
Our hospital 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 Registered Nurses and Enrolled Nurses with New Zealand experience across our Theatre specialties, in particular: General surgery, Urology, Plastics, Gynaecology, Spine, Orthopaedics, Cardiothoracic, Vascular and ENT/Maxillofacial.
Working in the Theatre department and reporting to the Clinical Nurse Lead, the Registered / Enrolled Nurse – Theatre is responsible for scrubbing and circulating for a variety of surgeries as well as assisting for surgery. Overall, our surgical procedures include Cardiothoracic surgery, Orthopaedics, Spinal, General and Paediatrics, Urology, Plastics, Maxillofacial, ENT and Dental, Vascular and Gynaecology.
It is an exciting time as our Theatre Services team is embedding a new leadership model and we recently introduced leading-edge surgical technology to the Waikato community in the form of the da
Vinci Xi surgical robot. This is now regularly used in general, gynaecology and urological procedures.
To be successful in this role you will:
• have experience as a Registered / Enrolled Nurse in Theatre, specifically one of our focus specialties in a New Zealand setting (preferred). We will also consider candidates with a demonstrated passion for learning and ongoing improvement of both self and department, with particular interest in those who wish to represent and participate in our Infection Prevention and Control and Health and Safety Committees, and/or who have an ability to drive quality initiatives.
• understand that the key to success lies in our team operating in collaboration with one another: you will have the ability and disposition to enhance cooperation and teamwork;
• be known for your clear and professional communication skills and your ability to remain calm and collected in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment;
• have a current New Zealand Nursing Registration and valid APC.
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 with us 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 have monthly Bravo Awards to recognise employees who demonstrate our BCOMPassionate principles.
• We issue employees with Extraordinary cards for gifting and recognition.
• We offer a range of financial protection and insurance benefits to eligible employees: including trauma, income protection and life insurances.
• We offer the Workride benefit, a programme which enables you to easily purchase a bike, e-bike or e-scooter at significantly offset costs.
• We offer employee assistance to you and whānau members living in your household through Vitae, 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 are an accredited Living Wage employer.
This role is subject to our internal Braemar Talent Referral Scheme.
Favourable terms offered to the right candidates.
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.
