Health Care Assistant District Nursing

Health Care Assistant - District Nursing

• Talbot Park – Timaru
• Permanent Part Time - 55 Hours per fortnight (0.69 FTE)
• Rostered shifts, Monday to Friday
  

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

Right now, we’re looking for a Health Care Assistant with experience behind them to become part of the District Nursing team and provide services for those receiving care, based in their own home.

Day to day this role assists and supports the Registered Nurses to provide care and support to patients in their own homes. Health care assistants work under the registered nurse direction and delegation, in addition to other ‘housekeeping’ tasks.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility of a truly varied role where there is never a dull moment or a day that looks like another!

About you

Ideally you will have directly relevant work experience, or have worked for a recognised healthcare provider and therefore you are able to bring this experience to the role.  Other success factors for this role includes;

• Previous clinical experience
•  Display genuine sensitivity (and culturally empathy) toward others
• maintaining unfailing confidentiality in all respects
• Able to assist people with major health care needs and deliver safe quality care and client centred services.
• Present a friendly positive approach to colleagues, patients & visitors alike
• Utilise well developed communication skills to enhance patient experiences
• Uses initiative, (i.e. sees something requiring attention and simply does it)
• Full and clean New Zealand drivers licence is required for this role as you will be expected to travel throughout the South Canterbury district.

Working for 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. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Salary Range

This role is covered by the terms and conditions of the Nursing Collective and the salary will be in accordance with the Pay Scale, and dependent on relevant experience.

How to Apply

Please apply for this vacancy online at https://scdhb.careercentre.net.nz

Close Date: 1 March 2026