Clinical Lead – Primary Care

Madison Recruitment; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 40,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed-Term 12 Months

Flexible Hybrid Working

Work with health leaders nationwide

8–16 hours per week

Job summary

Madison Recruitment is seeking a Clinical Lead for the Primary Care Programme in New Zealand. This flexible, part-time leadership role (8–16 hours per week) partners with sector leaders and communities to drive system-wide improvements while maintaining clinical practice. Fixed-term 12 months with hybrid working.

You will guide priorities, provide strategic clinical advice, and champion equitable health outcomes across NZ, with no people management responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Active medical registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand.
• Current Annual Practising Certificate.
• Extensive clinical credibility in NZ primary care.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to inform programme priorities.
• Support design and implementation of quality and safety projects.
• Build relationships across the primary care sector and health system.
• Partner with Māori health providers to support equitable outcomes.
• Promote evidence-based practice and quality improvement.
• Ensure consumer, patient, whānau perspectives are considered.
• Represent the organisation at sector forums and events.
• Act as a trusted clinical voice on emerging primary care issues.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Data-driven improvement

Quality improvement

Māori health knowledge

Communication

Influencing change

Health system transformation

Networking across NZ health sector

Education

Medical Council of New Zealand registration

Annual Practising Certificate (APC)

Job description

Clinical Lead – Primary Care Programme

Influence the future of primary care through a flexible, part-time leadership opportunity, partnering with sector leaders and communities to drive meaningful system-wide improvements while maintaining your clinical practice.

• Fixed-Term (12 Months)
• Part-Time (8 – 16 hours a week)
• Flexible Hybrid Working
• Shape the Future of Primary Care in Aotearoa

About the Opportunity:

As Clinical Lead, you will provide clinical leadership to support the establishment and early delivery of a primary care programme. Working closely with a dedicated programme team, you will help shape priorities, provide strategic clinical advice, and ensure initiatives are evidence-based, practical, and responsive to sector needs.

You will play a key role in building trusted partnerships across the health sector and championing approaches that improve quality, safety, and equity for communities across New Zealand.

This is a specialist clinical leadership role and does not include people management or programme management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical leadership and strategic guidance to inform programme priorities and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support the design and implementation of projects that enhance quality and safety within primary care.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the primary care sector, wider health system, and key stakeholder groups.
• Partner with Māori health providers, iwi, hapū, clinicians, and communities to support equitable health outcomes.
• Promote evidence-based practice and quality improvement approaches.
• Ensure consumer, patient, and whānau perspectives are considered in programme development and delivery.
• Represent the organisation at sector forums, conferences, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Act as a trusted clinical voice on emerging issues and opportunities within primary care.

What You’ll Bring:

• Current registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand and a current Annual Practising Certificate.
• Significant clinical credibility and experience within the New Zealand primary care sector.
• Demonstrated experience leading or influencing quality improvement, service improvement, or health system transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of clinical governance, healthcare quality and safety, and the broader health and disability system.
• Proven ability to use data, evidence, and clinical insight to support improvement outcomes.
• Experience working alongside Māori providers, clinicians, whānau, iwi, and communities.
• Understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, te ao Māori, and Māori health models.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and influence change within complex environments.
• Experience working within government, public sector, or national health system environments.
• Established professional networks across the wider New Zealand health sector.
• Experience presenting at conferences, industry forums, or sector events.

What’s on Offer:

• Opportunity to influence primary care improvement at a national level.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• Part-time commitment of 8 – 16 hours per week.
• A highly collaborative environment focused on improving health outcomes and reducing inequities.
• The chance to work with respected health leaders and stakeholders across Aotearoa.