Enrolled Nurses - Auckland

NZ Blood Service (NZBS)

Auckland
$69,934-83,349 per year
Permanent
Full-time

22 days ago

Want to help save lives and make a positive difference to our nation's well-being?Revitalise your Nursing passion and feel a sense of pride being an essential aspect of providing a life-saving service to New Zealanders by collecting, processing and distributing blood and blood products.

Opportunity to save lives
Permanent Full time desired
Current NZ practising certificate required
Auckland region – we have permanent locations in Epsom, Manukau and Takapuna

Working for the New Zealand Blood and Organ Service (NZBS), our Enrolled Nurses undertake donor health assessments and perform whole blood, plasma and platelet collection procedures.There is a lot more to being a nurse at NZBS other than just taking blood. Dealing with primarily well people gives a different perspective to a working day. The hours will generally be rostered duties Monday to Saturday, with some varying lengths of days so flexibility is required. Occasional statutory holiday duties may also be required.If you are interested in developing your clinical skills in the collection of Whole Blood, Plasma and Plateletpheresis including experience in procedures such as therapeutic venesection; or if you would like to develop your coaching, training and development skills, inspiring our staff to be the best they can be, NZBS has fantastic opportunities for everyone.We welcome applications from Enrolled Nurses who will utilise their health assessment, critical thinking and reflective practice skills to contribute to all aspects of the collection of blood products and donor health education at our mobile and donor room collects. No phlebotomy experience needed! Let us train you!Salary offered starting at $69,934 to $83,349 depending on skills, registration, and experience.Additionally, if you choose to work with us, you will:

Enjoy a better work-life balance (no nights!) and working with healthy donors
Work in outpatient environments like Donor Centres and Mobile Drives
Learn new, transferable career skills
Participate in professional development & advancement including a Nursing Council accredited PDRP programme
Undertake comprehensive training and orientation
Help save lives and make a positive difference to people's well-being
Travel and see the country (on mobile blood drives)

About New Zealand Blood ServiceNew Zealand Blood and Organ Service (NZBS) is dedicated to saving lives. Every year, tens of thousands of generous people donate their time, blood and plasma to us for free. In addition to our vein to vein service in transfusion we also provide national services in organ transplantation, cellular therapies and tissue banking. We exist to ensure the efficient delivery of safe blood and tissue products on a time critical basis throughout New Zealand and through the generosity of our donors, we are able to help save lives.Our shared values are at the heart of our organisation's culture and guide our behaviour each and every day. These values inspire, motivate us and drive us to provide the very best service to the New Zealand public.Watch this to see what our people say about the NZBS values they admire the most.Come and make a difference with NZBS.

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