Registered Nurse

Develop your career

Summerset at Wigram will offer you a surprising range of skills. So your career can grow 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.

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Requirements

Our successful applicant will have:

• A NZ Registration and a current Practicing Certificate
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Empathy and a passion for helping and caring for the elderly
• A team player
• Honesty and integrity