Clinical Nurse Manager | Perioperative

Healthcarenz Limited; Southland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthcarenz Limited in Southland is seeking a Clinical Nurse Manager to lead the nursing team and help shape the continued development of the service. This senior role blends clinical leadership with perioperative expertise and a strong community focus.

Working alongside the General Manager, you will ensure safe, high-quality patient care, coordinate operations, mentor volunteers, and drive governance and quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Significant postgraduate theatre and perioperative nursing experience
• Senior-level clinical nursing experience
• Proven leadership and people-management capability
• Current NZ Nursing Council Annual Practising Certificate
• Knowledge of quality improvement and clinical governance principles
• A patient-focused and empathetic approach
• Strong communication, decision-making and delegation skills
• An understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its implications for healthcare
• A postgraduate qualification, or be working towards one, would be desirable

Responsibilities

• Providing clinical leadership and oversight of safe, high-quality patient care
• Coordinating day-to-day nursing operations and supporting efficient session and list management
• Leading, mentoring and supporting a passionate team of healthcare volunteers
• Supporting clinical governance, quality improvement and the ongoing review of policies and procedures
• Ensuring clinical facilities and equipment are maintained to a safe and high standard
• Building capability and confidence across the nursing team
• Working closely with the General Manager to support the continued development of the nursing service

Skills

Clinical leadership

Perioperative nursing

People management

Communication

Decision making

Delegation

Te Tiriti Waitangi

Education

Postgraduate perioperative nursing

Job description

Lead a nursing team with purpose | Whakahaerehia te rōpū nēhi me te whai tikanga

Looking for a senior nursing leadership role where the work you do genuinely gives back to your community?

We’re recruiting on behalf of our client, a unique community-led hospital in Southland, for a Clinical Nurse Manager to lead their nursing team and help shape the continued development of their service.

This is an opportunity to combine senior clinical leadership, perioperative expertise and meaningful community impact, all within a predominantly Monday to Friday environment.

About the opportunity | Mō te tūranga

Working alongside the General Manager, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth, safe and effective delivery of clinical services while supporting a dedicated team of healthcare volunteers.

You’ll have the opportunity to bring your experience and leadership style to a role where you can make a real difference, both to the patients accessing care and to the volunteers who give their time and expertise to support the hospital.

You’ll be involved in:

• Providing clinical leadership and oversight of safe, high-quality patient care
• Coordinating day-to-day nursing operations and supporting efficient session and list management
• Leading, mentoring and supporting a passionate team of healthcare volunteers
• Supporting clinical governance, quality improvement and the ongoing review of policies and procedures
• Ensuring clinical facilities and equipment are maintained to a safe and high standard
• Building capability and confidence across the nursing team
• Working closely with the General Manager to support the continued development of the nursing service

What you’ll bring | Ōu pūkenga

You’ll be an experienced perioperative nurse and confident clinical leader who enjoys taking ownership, solving problems and bringing people together.

You’ll ideally have:

• Significant postgraduate theatre and perioperative nursing experience
• Senior-level clinical nursing experience
• Proven leadership and people-management capability
• Current NZ Nursing Council Annual Practising Certificate
• Knowledge of quality improvement and clinical governance principles
• A patient-focused and empathetic approach
• Strong communication, decision-making and delegation skills
• An understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its implications for healthcare
• A postgraduate qualification, or be working towards one, would be desirable

Why consider this role? | He aha ai tēnei tūranga?

This is not a traditional hospital environment.

Our client was established with a strong community purpose and provides free healthcare to people across Southland and Otago who are unable to access care through the public or private systems.

The hospital currently provides perioperative services for colonoscopy and dentistry, with plans to continue developing its outpatient offering.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to use your clinical and leadership experience in a setting where what you do has a direct and visible impact on your community.

You’ll also enjoy:

• Monday to Friday work, supporting genuine lifestyle balance
• A senior leadership position with scope to shape and develop the nursing service
• A passionate and committed volunteer workforce
• The opportunity to contribute to accessible healthcare in your community
• A collaborative environment where your experience and ideas will be valued