Counties Medical - Urgent Care
We have two Urgent Care clinics – one located centrally in Papakura and one in our purpose-built health centre in Waiata Shores, Takanini, which opened in 2023. Both sites are modern and well equipped, supported by our local Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau. We are 100% owned by South Link Health Services, under the umbrella of the South Link Education Trust.
We are part of ProCare, who are our PHO.
We are partly a VLCA (Very Low Cost Access) provider. There is amazing collegial support within our Urgent Care and Family Health team, who operate from the same sites.
Our patients and are staff are representative of the area that we operate in.
We conduct full inductions onsite for all new staff members. We provide ongoing training to keep up to date with regulations and have weekly full team meetings.
Our Urgent Care Clinic has rostered shifts across 7 days, covering 8.00am through to 9.00pm.
We use the latest version of cloud-based Medtech Evolution as our Patient Management System, and we have Manage My Health.
We have strong relationships with primary and secondary services, as well the other health providers on site including Radiology, Dental, Physiotherapy and EAP (Takanini) services. We are Foundation-accredited.
Urgent Care Doctors
Registered Nurses - Urgent Care
There is an opportunity for you to also obtain your UC Fellowship, as we are a well-known accredited teaching practice under the expert and proven training programme set up by Dr William Kim, supported by the RNZCUC. We also have Dr David Sorrell (Clinical Director of College Training) on staff.
We can offer you:
- Flexibility of shifts to fit with your lifestyle.
- A choice of employee or contractor arrangement.
- Competitive pay rates with an employee package including CME.
- Supported shifts always working alongside other Doctors, including those who are senior and experienced.
- Regular, formal in-house CME sessions.
- Fully qualified triage nurses including nurse prescribers.
- On-site admin support
We are consistently taking expressions of interest from Registered Nurses with Emergency Deparmtent or Accidient and Emergency or Urgent Care experience.
We have a casual pool of staff We have a casual pool of staff that have the ability to grow their Urgent Care experience and learn about nursing in the community. Some flexibility exists so you have good work/life balance.
You will need:
- A current Annual Practicing Certificate
- Previous recent Urgent Care experience with preferred minimum of 2 years
- A current ACLS certificate
For More Information contact our Business Manager, Catherine Larsen.
For More Information contact our Nursing Director, Tracey Cooper.
About Counties Manukau
The Auckland region includes the 3 districts of Auckland central, Waitematā and Counties Manukau. In Counties Manukau, it’s easy to balance work and play with many options for weekend adventures, shopping, parks and beaches just a stone’s throw away. As a melting pot of cultures, you’ll have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life.
Papakura and Takanini, where our Clinics are located, are about 30 kilometres south of Auckland City. Auckland has many transport options available including trains and buses. We are about 60 minutes drive from Central Auckland, 40 minutes to Auckland’s domestic and international airport and 1.5 hours south to Hamilton .
We have a broad range of housing options from apartments to homes in the suburbs and plenty of great schools and tertiary education providers.
