At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead nursing teams and implement innovative care models across a network of medical centres.
- Company: Join New Zealand’s largest network of GPs, trusted by over 400,000 Kiwis.
- Benefits: Enjoy career advancement, a supportive environment, and access to professional development.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with opportunities for growth and change leadership.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on healthcare while leading high-performance nursing teams.
- Qualifications: Tertiary qualified in Nursing with proven leadership experience in primary care.
The Doctors Medical Centres is New Zealand’s largest network of GPs and primary healthcare providers, trusted by over 400,000 Kiwis. With more than 65 medical centres across the country, we make it easy to access personalised care - when and where it is needed most.
The Director of Nursing provides senior nursing clinical leadership and shared clinical governance across the GXH network (Green Cross Health Medical and Community Care). This role owns nursing workforce leadership focused on high performance and outcomes, leading implementation of new models of care (including team‑based care) in partnership with the Clinical Director and owning clinical governance with Board‑level reporting to both the Green Cross Health Board of Directors and the Community Care Board of Directors.
Benefits- Opportunities for career advancement and growth
- Supportive and dynamic work environment
- Access to training and professional development programs
- Tertiary qualified Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) or higher
- Proven healthcare leadership experience
- Primary care / general practice > 10 years
- Proven success leading high-performance nursing teams, performance management, coaching, and development of senior nursing leaders
- Experience implementing new models of care (e.g. team‑based care) and driving measurable clinical/workforce outcomes
- Strong change leadership and project management skills
- Sound understanding of primary care funding, contracting, performance frameworks, and clinical data
- Experience with PMS systems, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, data reporting systems (Thalamus, Halcyon, Karo)
- Clear communicator (written & verbal)
- Able to manage relationships across groups. Collaborative, supportive, high discretion and professionalism.
Applicants must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit.
Contact Details:
The Doctors Medical Centres Recruitment Team
