Registered Nurse - Respiratory and Immunology
Location: Wellington Regional Hospital –District wide role
Contract: Permanent Part Time 0.5 FTE
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
The role of RN includes working within a multidisciplinary team with Clinical Nurse Specialists, Doctors and Allied health. The role will involve shared responsibilities between both the respiratory and immunology services. This role has great variety and includes patient education and management relating to respiratory conditions including inpatients and outpatients. It also involves supporting patients with immune-related conditions. There is also opportunity to run sleep clinics and working alongside the sleep team to support patients across the district.
About the Team/Service Location
The Respiratory Medicine is part of the Sub-Speciality Medicine Group. The CCHV District Respiratory service provides secondary and tertiary care for patients with respiratory, immunology and sleep related breathing disorders. It provides outpatient services at Wellington, Hutt Valley, Kapiti, Wairarapa and Kenepuru hospitals and in patient services at Wellington Regional Hospital and Hutt Hospital. Outreach sleep clinics are provided at Hutt and Masterton hospitals and community sleep clinics are provided in Porirua region.
The service is fully supported by a full equipped pulmonary function laboratory with core and complex testing at Wellington, Kenepuru and Hutt Hospital.
Across the CCHV District, the team is made up of 13 Senior Medical Officers, 6 Clinical Nurse Specialists, two Registered Nurses, one Nurse Practitioner, one Respiratory Physiotherapist, 9 Respiratory Physiologists, 2 Respiratory Registrars, one Sleep Registrar Advanced Trainee posts, 1 basic Trainee post and a House Officer.
About you
The Respiratory and Immunology service is looking for an RN who would be well organized and able to multitask with the pressures and expectations of the role. They would be a real team player and be prepared to step up when needed to keep the department running smoothly. They would also be motivated and always looking for ways to improve and grow the service.
Essential Professional Qualifications / Accreditations / Registrations skills and experience:
- Registration with Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ)
- A current Annual Practicing Certificate (APC) and scope appropriate to place of work
- Demonstrates an understanding of the significance of and obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including how to apply Te Tiriti principles in a meaningful way in the nursing role
- A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori
- A personal commitment to on-going learning and development including attainment/maintenance of PDRP
- Ability with information technology
Someone well-suited to the role will place a high value on the following
- Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Living the District values
- Respect and collaboration in practice
- Delivering an exemplary standard of care
- Practice informed by research evidence
- Innovation and critical thinking
- Commitment to sustainable practice
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.org.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.
Permanent/Part Time
Job no: NM097-26
Location: Wellington Hospital
Closing Date: Friday, 10 April 2026