Nurse Leader - Mental Health and Addiction Service

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

About the Role

We are excited to offer a full-time, permanent opportunity for a dynamic and motivated nursing leader with a positive attitude to provide thought leadership and expertise to mental health nursing in these times of change.

The Nurse Leader role is responsible for:

• Providing advanced professional leadership and management to the nursing workforce in Mental Health and Addiction Services across the Bay of Plenty district
• Leading the delivery of Toi Ora Systems of Care and contributing to improving health outcomes for Māori
• Progressing workforce development initiatives
• Working in partnership with the Business Leader, Clinical Director and Chief Nursing Officer - Toi Ora to lead and support clinical excellence through evidence-based nursing practice
• Leading and promoting continuous quality improvement

This is a full-time, permanent position, covering the services across Hauora a Toi – Bay of Plenty. 

About You

To be successful in this role you will need:

• A relevant Masters qualification 
• Significant experience in Māori health delivery, implementation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi 
• Significant experience in a Nursing leadership 
• Significant Mental Health experience
• You will need personal resilience in this time of system wide change
• You will require strong negotiating skills to engage collaboratively with internal and external partners across the sector.

If you are an experienced leader with operational management experience, click apply now today!

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion 

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on Wednesday 30th March. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Katrina Hughes at Katrina.hughes@bopdhb.govt.nz

Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.