Healthcare Assistant - ORA Inpatient Service
Location: Kenepuru Community Hospital
Contract: Casual
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
About the Role
We have an opportunity for a casual Health Care Assistant to join our team. Working in kenepuru you will have an opportunity to work on the Health of the older person wards 4 and 5. You will be responsible for caring for a wide range of patients requiring specialist rehabilitation services. The Health Care Assistant (HCA) is part of the unregulated health workforce and therefore must always work under direction and/or delegation of a Registered Nurse (RN). The HCA role is task-specific and has defined boundaries.
The HCA is part of a collaborative health care team; they assist the RN to meet the patient/client needs when it is appropriate for the RN to delegate aspects of care to a trained unregulated healthcare role. The HCA contributes to the successful operation of the nursing team.
About the Team/Service/ Location
Ward 4 and 5 is part of the Older Adult, Rehabilitation and Allied Health Service (ORA) operates from Kenepuru Hospital (Porirua). The ward provides inpatient goal directed inter disciplinary assessment and treatment of the older person and rehabilitation services.
About you
- be an active member of the nursing team
- under the direction and delegation of the RN
- Passionate about Gerontology and vulnerable patient groups
- Strong communication skills
- Resilient
- Health care assistants level 3 NZQA National Certificate health and wellbeing or equivalent
Due to the environment that you’ll be working in, you will need to display the following:
- Kindness, empathy and Compassion
- Strong listening skills
- Positive, enthusiastic, flexible manner
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
How to Apply
To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Deb.Brodie@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.
Casual
Job no: NM186-26
Location: Kenepuru Hospital/Porirua
Closing Date: Monday, 1 June 2026