* Waikato Hospital * Fixed-term and Permanent roles available at both full & part time. * Aligned to the NZNO Nursing and Midwifery MECA
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About the Role
We have an exciting new opportunity combining two interesting roles key to anaesthetic care within the perioperative service. Both the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) and the Anaesthetic Assessment Clinic (AAC) work closely alongside the anaesthetists to promote quality and safe patient care throughout the perioperative journey. You will have the opportunity to work in both AAC and PACU on a rotating roster between the two services.
In AAC, you will working alongside the anaesthetist to complete thorough nursing assessments of a patients overall health to determine suitability and safety of a patient undergoing anaesthesia for surgery. You will als...