Clinical Charge Nurse

The Department of Critical Care Medicine has expanded significantly over the past 2 years, with increased staff to resource our increased bed base.

• Fixed Term/ Part time – 0.9 FTE available
• Location – Te Toka Tumai

Bring your expert staff management and leadership skills to this fantastic Adult General Intensive Care team. We will ensure you are always supported and developed professionally in an environment that is often challenging but always exciting!

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

The Department of Critical Care Medicine is a 26 bedded general adult intensive care unit. We provide critical and high dependency care for our national and regional specialties, including major trauma, neurosurgery, vascular, liver and kidney transplants, ORL, and upper GI surgery, as well as support for other specialties in a major tertiary hospital.

This is an exciting nursing leadership role for highly motivated, passionate, experienced ICU nurses to lead the day-to-day management of specialised patient care and support and develop their own team. Our Clinical Charge Nurse sit within our Senior Leadership team, supporting the development and direction of the unit.

The DCCM consists of 6 high dependency and 20 intensive care beds, for patients 15 years and above.

You will be working closely with our Nurse Unit Manager, Education team, Senior Medical Officers and expanded Allied Health team to deliver effective and high-quality patient care. You will collaborate with multiple senior team members for the day-to-day co-ordination of elective and acute patient workload, enjoy organising people and resources while achieving demanding goals.

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

To apply for this role you must have:

• NZ Nursing Registration and a current annual practicing certificate
• A commitment to biculturalism in relation to the Treaty of Waitangi
• Advanced clinical practice knowledge – at least 3 recent years working within an Intensive Care environment with highly proficient skills in critical care nursing practice.
• Post graduate ICU qualification preferred
• Demonstrated leadership experience at this level - ability to provide direction, support, coaching and address performance issues
• Commitment to providing excellent care for patients and staff
• Strong accountability for resource management
• Demonstrated expertise in setting standards and managing practice to achieve these

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa)

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Advertising closes: 28th October 2026 at Time 11:59 pm (New Zealand standard time).

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role.

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, or require information in an accessible format, please contact Michelle Kanth at Reshma.Amin@Tewahtuora.govt.nz or 64 021574042 to discuss how we can best support your application

This position is a Core Children's worker under the Children's Act & requires full safety checks completed before any new employee starts

Job Posting: 21/Oct/26 - 28/Oct/26

Organisation: Adult Medical Services

HealthBoard: AUK-Auckland Central

Job: Senior Nursing

Part-time Monday-Sunday