Clinical Educator Community

Posted: 15/06/2026

Closing Date: 01/07/2026

Job Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Hospice

Job Category: Healthcare & Medical

0.6 FTE 48 Hours per fortnight

Te Omanga Hospice is a charitable trust that provides specialist palliative care to patients and their whānau in the Hutt Valley living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Our vision is that everyone with palliative needs in our community receives equitable, responsive, and proactive care. We hold our values close to our heart, with respect, partnership, compassion and learning at the core of everything we do.

We celebrate different perspectives and are committed to creating an equal and inclusive workplace. The community we support is diverse, and it is important to us that diversity is reflected in the team here at Te Omanga.

Primary Purpose of the Position

• To provide clinical palliative care education to volunteers, external & internal providers and community agencies, to increase the knowledge, innovation and competence in the community.
• To provide patients, family and whanau education to assist with their understanding and acceptance.
• To provide a public health approach to palliative care through education that engages and enables our communities to manage and understanding dying at home, in hospital, in aged residential care or in hospice.

Key Accountabilities

• Organise, facilitate, and review education programmes, workshops, webinars for external stakeholders.
• Promote the implementation of evidence-based guidelines with external stakeholders.
• Organise, facilitate, and review education programmes for organizations and individuals in the community.
• Maintain relationships with External Stakeholders (including Māori and Pacific engagement).
• Implementation and review of the Community Digital Education Plan
• Develop, facilitate, and review patient/family/whanau education support programmes.
• Involvement in the development of the bi-annual conference.
• Ensure all education programmes meet the required Standards for organizational accreditation.
• Ensure that all modes of learning are appropriately incorporated in the education programmes that are being developed including the use of various technology platforms.
• Work with the Manager of Volunteer Services to identify training needs for the volunteer team.
• Support the Clinical Nurse Educators (In Service & Community) to develop, facilitate and review education programmes to ensure alignment internally and externally.
• Contribute actively to research and education policy and practice.
• Ensure a Compassionate Communities lens is applied to education provided, particularly in regards to engagement with diverse communities.
• Ensure all programmes meet Te Tiriti o Waitangi requirements.

Desired Skills and Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated skill as an educator and have up to date expert knowledge of specialist palliative care and adult education.
• Demonstrate ability in facilitation, problem solving, project management, decision making and an ability to manage change.
• Demonstrate ability in educational programme design and administration.
• Demonstrate networking skills.
• Comfortable using technology tools such as social media to share information

Professional Requirements

• A Registered Nurse with NZNC and has a current Annual Practicing Certificate / Allied Health Professional / Community Education Qualification
• Extensive Post Graduate experience in palliative care.
• If an RN have an approved PDRP at senior/expert level or working towards this.

Applications close on 1 July 2026.