Current Vacancies
Medical Director and Palliative Care Specialist
Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer
Position Size: 1.0 Full Time Equivalent or as negotiated
Functional Relationships:
Members of the Clinical Team
Nursing Director / Clinical Manager
Quality/Practice Development Coordinator
Patient and Family Team Leader
Community Team, which includes Aged Residential Care (ARC) support
Inpatient Unit Team
All Hospice Staff
Southland Hospital Palliative Care Advisory Service (PCAS)
External agencies and other healthcare professionals
Key Teams:
Senior Leadership Team – CEO, Medical Director, Clinical Manager/Nursing Director, (Patient and Family Support Team Leader)
Clinical Governance Committee – CEO, Medical Director, Clinical Manager/Nursing Director, Patient and Family Support Team Leader, Quality/Practice Development Coordinator
Clinical Team – Junior and Senior Medical Officers, Nurse Practitioner (NP), rotating second year house officers
Hospice Team – inpatient, community, and aged residential care nurses; patient and family support team (social workers, spiritual carer, day programme coordinator, counsellors), pharmacist, non-clinical and administrative personnel, volunteers
See full Job Description below.
For more details or to apply contact flora@hospicesouthland.org.nz or 021993366
Clinical Nurse Manager – Senior Management Role
Hospice Southland
Invercargill Central, Southland
Full Time
$125,000 – $166,000 per year
Come to Southland – it’s fabulous
Are you an experienced nurse leader?
Key Responsibilities
The Clinical Nurse Manager is expected to demonstrate advanced nursing knowledge ideally in a palliative care practice and business acumen in managing staff resources and supplies to achieve clinical best practice and cost-efficient services.
Required to develop innovative approaches to problem solving and utilisation the skills of team members to coordinate and resolve problems, able to develop individual solutions for each issue or problem and to demonstrate understanding of when to escalate problems to the CEO.
Is an excellent communicator both verbally and in written form, able to communicate with all members of the nursing team and broader hospice team both promptly and effectively.
Is a good listener and respects the contribution of colleagues and communicates in a way that demonstrates this.
Is self-aware and understand that sector self-care is very important and demonstrates this to staff.
Person Specifications
Registered Nurse with Nursing Council NZ and hold a current APC.
Be nice to have someone who has an understanding of the local Southland and Queenstown populations.
At least 5 years of management and leadership, preferably in palliative care and understands how this a real mix of art and science.
Ideally Postgraduate Nursing qualifications
Expert PDRP level 4 or working to achieve this.
Advanced learning and contemporary knowledge in an area of either palliative care, aged residential care, hospital care or GP Practice Management experience
Able to exhibit a personal style of management that reflects a strong awareness of personal strengths and limitations. Is sensitive to individual and cultural diversity.
Needs to have well developed advocacy skills in respect of patients/ family and whānau members and staff alike to be able to identify and manage ethically inherent conflicts of interest and needs that will arise.
Has an ability to ethically delegate to other staff and colleagues
Able to work autonomously and collaboratively within the Senior Management team and wider organisation.
Excellent change management skills and proven ability to lead others through change
Prepared to work in the spirit of Hospice philosophy where so many people give freely of their time.
Live the hospice values
A healthy sense of humour and fun
Please send cover letter and CV to flora.gilkison@hospicesouthland.org.nz or to request a job description.
Hospice Southland Fundraiser Facilitator
We are looking for someone to join our Community Engagement Team to be our Fundraiser. You will work alongside our Event Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator and outsourced marketing team.
You need to be social media and web site savvy.
Have practical experience of fundraising in a not-for-profit setting
Have donor and bequest management experience – or willing to develop this
We also would like:
- The ability to manage a project, set budgets and communicate clearly with others on the project their duties and time frame
- Be really really good at raising funds
- If you have a tertiary qualification in business management or similar business experience required that would be good
- Able to use IT systems and packages, in particular Infoodle Microsoft Office and Canva
- Work as part of a team and on own initiative (self-starter).
- Be good at responding to queries and simple problem solving.
- Meticulous in project management and able to achieve what is required
- Have a strong sense of personal integrity and an understanding of the personal and professional challenges of working in a palliative care setting.
- Have a high level of attention to detail to ensure the accuracy of work completed
- Can practise at a high level of interpersonal skills and open communication within the immediate and wider Hospice Southland group.
- Enjoy having fun and being part of a team
For more details or to apply contact flora@hospicesouthland.org.nz or 021993366
