Clinical Nurse Manager

Te Whakahaerenga/The Organisation

Nurse Maude has been caring for the people of Canterbury since 1896, when Sibylla Maude pioneered New Zealand’s first district nursing service. Her vision, care in partnership with people in their homes, supporting independence continues to shape how we deliver services today. We are looking for a confident, approachable, and experienced Clinical Nurse Manager to provide clinical and operational leadership within our Specialty Clinic Service. This is a pivotal leadership role where you will lead people, strengthen clinical practice and drive service performance in a dynamic and evolving environment.

Te Mahi/About the Position

In this role, you’ll be supporting and leading a team of specialist community nurses who work both in clinics and out in the community. It’s a varied and rewarding position where no two days are the same.

• Lead and support a team of specialist community nurses across clinic and community settings.
• Provide visible clinical leadership, coaching, and mentoring staff to support high quality evidence-based care.
• Ensure safe, effective, and responsive care delivery across the full patient journey (triage, admission, discharge)
• Drive quality improvement, audit activity, and service innovation, embedding continuous improvement practices.
• Oversee day-to-day operations including rostering, resource allocation, and service coordination.
• Contribute to workforce planning, recruitment, and staff development, building leadership capability within the team.
• Manage clinical risk, incidents, and complaints, ensuring learning and improvement.
• Support a culture of psychological safety, accountability, and professional excellence.
• Work closely with the Operations Manager and wider leadership team to deliver on organisational priorities.
• Uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles and support equitable health outcomes in practice.

He momo/About you

You are a confident and resilient clinical leader who can balance people, performance, and patient outcomes. You bring sound judgement, a strong values base, and the ability to lead through complexity and change. You will bring:

• Current NZ Registered Nurse APC.
• Proven experience in clinical and people leadership, including performance management.
• Strong capability in quality improvement, audit, and clinical governance.
• Experience managing operations, rostering, and service delivery in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to lead through change and manage competing priorities.
• Confidence to have courageous conversations and manage challenging situations.
• Strong organisational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of the NZ health system and application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and engage others.
• Clinical experience in community or a related setting.

Why Nurse Maude?

Ki te huanga/Benefits of working at Nurse Maude

You’ll be joining an organisation with deep roots in the community and a strong commitment to innovation and excellence in care. This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact; both on service delivery and on the people you lead. We are proud of our history, but we are also focused on the future, and we want our leaders to feel supported to make a difference.

We look after our people, so you can do your best work:

• Wellbeing perks (gym, massages, health checks + more)
• Southern Cross health insurance discounts
• Staff discounts across a wide range of suppliers
• Ongoing professional development & career growth

At Nurse Maude, every role contributes to something bigger. If you’re passionate about leading people and delivering exceptional care in the community, we encourage you to now and be part of our ongoing legacy of care.

Ki aro/Interested?

We are now accepting applications online.

For a copy of the position description, please view this job via our website: https://careers.nursemaude.org.nz/search. Scroll to the bottom of the advert and the PD is attached as a link.

Scroll to the bottom of the advert and the PD is attached as a link.

Please note, applications will be assessed on a rolling basis. We encourage early submission, as this vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date should a suitable applicant be appointed.

Job Details

Reference #

22373

Posted on

08 May 2026

Closes on

05 Jun 2026 23:00

Location(s)

Christchurch

Expertise

Nursing, Registered Nurse, EN, Clinical Nurse Educator, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Registered Nurse Coordinator, Health Care Assistant, Medical, Management, Administrator

Job level(s)

Experienced, Management

Work type(s)

Permanent full-time

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