Nurse Educator: Clinical Education & Leadership, Hospital Ops

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland is seeking a Nurse Educator to provide professional leadership, clinical teaching, and education coordination within Hospital Operations. You will mentor junior nurses, support the Earn and Learn initiatives, and partner with the Simulation Team to drive education and patient safety.

The role requires extensive nursing experience, postgraduate study in adult education, and strong stakeholder engagement across hospital services to deliver

Qualifications

• Recent acute nursing experience.
• Experience in adult education and clinical teaching.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and project management skills.
• Innovative mindset and ability to build relationships with hospital stakeholders.
• Postgraduate qualifications, with a focus on adult education.
• Understanding of patient deterioration programmes and quality/risk/safety.
• Competency in IT systems, including Excel and databases.
• Current Nursing Council registration and APC.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership and education to Hospital Operations staff.
• Coordinate patient care and clinical teaching across teams.
• Collaborate with Earn and Learn Programme leads, HCA trainers and Simulation Team to maximise education opportunities.
• Work autonomously within a senior nursing team to manage workloads.
• Contribute to high-quality, evidence-based nursing practice.

Skills

Acute nursing experience

Adult education & teaching

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Nursing registration & APC

IT systems proficiency (Excel, datab

Education

Postgraduate qualifications in adult education

Tools

Excel

Local databases

Job description

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland is seeking a Nurse Educator to provide professional leadership, clinical teaching, and education coordination within Hospital Operations. You will mentor junior nurses, support the Earn and Learn initiatives, and partner with the Simulation Team to drive education and patient safety.

The role requires extensive nursing experience, postgraduate study in adult education, and strong stakeholder engagement across hospital services to deliver