Clinical Lead - Community Nursing Services

The Organisation | Te Whakahaerenga
Healthvision is a family-owned provider of homecare, community nursing, and rehabilitation services across Aotearoa. Guided by our family values, we are passionate about supporting people who need care to live life the way they want.

We work closely with individuals, their families, and whānau to understand their holistic needs and provide comprehensive, wraparound in-home health services that promote independence and wellbeing. At Healthvision, our approach is grounded in compassion, collaboration, innovation, and dedication — values that shape everything we do.

Te Mahi | About the Role
This is a full-time, permanent role (40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8.30 am–5.00 pm), with occasional weekend work and regional travel as required.

In this role, you will lead, mentor, and motivate a team of friendly, experienced nurses and caregivers to meet key performance indicators of quality care. You will have a positive attitude and mindset towards service user-directed and holistic care, and be able to identify, plan, and implement improvement-focused actions that meet the individual needs of our clients.

We are looking for an experienced nurse with leadership and management experience, ideally with an interest in working in the community setting.

Location: Auckland (Greenlane) with national responsibilities

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead and manage day-to-day operations and clinical governance for Community Nursing team(s), ensuring high-quality, safe, service-user focused care across 7 days
• Coach and develop staff through induction, competency monitoring, feedback and performance development
• Ensure compliance with legislation/standards, robust risk management, and effective complaints/incident and quality systems (including audits and quality plans)
• Drive service improvement and growth by supporting new initiatives/contracts and undertaking impact analysis for change
• Champion Te Tiriti commitments, culturally safe practice, and Health & Safety/IPC across the service
• Providing operational general business and clinical management and leadership to designated team(s)
• Approaching the service user’s needs with a strong focus on rehabilitation, would care and therapies in partnership with MDT and family
• Undertakes day to day operational management of the designated team(s), giving clear direction and monitoring performance
• Maintaining and assessing care, goals, risks, and service needs of the service user in conjunction with MDT and family
• Providing clinical report and updates as required
• Ensuring compliance with sector standards and legislation
• Liaising with family and health professionals in a professional and timely manner
• Participating in quality improvement programmes, service audits and evaluations
• Undertaking comprehensive impact analysis when managing change or developing new opportunities
• Proactively supporting the integration with other clinical services identified for the client in conjunction with Family and Team Manager
  

The ideal candidate will have: 

• Minimum 5 years’ post‑registration experience in acute, surgical, or practice nursing, with demonstrated capability in specialist clinical areas relevant to community nursing
• Experience in community care, or a strong understanding of community models of care, ideally including familiarity with ACC Community Nursing contracts and service delivery expectations
• Strong clinical expertise including acute and chronic wound management (wide product knowledge), and ideally experience in burns management and urinary catheter care (SPC/IDC), with confidence managing complex/serious injury presentations
• Current NZ Registered Nurse registration and Annual Practising Certificate (APC)
• Strong leadership, mentoring and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Knowledge of Health & Safety at work and Home & Community Support sector standards is preferred
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• A valid NZ driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle, clean Police clearance, and legal right to work in New Zealand.
  

Ki te huanga | Benefits

• Join a values-driven organisation making a meaningful difference in people’s lives
• Benefit from ongoing supervision, support, and professional development
• This position comes with a car allowance per annum
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Birthday Leave
• Opportunity to expand your skill set and advance your career

Hiahia | Interested?
If you are passionate about delivering high-quality care and ready to take the next step in your leadership journey, we would love to hear from you.