Inpatient Unit Manager

Are you a strong clinical leader ready to influence the future of specialist palliative care?

Our client is seeking an experienced Inpatient Unit Manager to lead and coordinate the delivery of high-quality palliative care services within their Inpatient Unit.

This is a pivotal leadership role where you will guide a multidisciplinary team, champion best practice in palliative care, and ensure patients and their families/whānau receive compassionate, culturally appropriate, person-centred care.

About the Role

You will play a key role in aligning day-to-day service delivery with the organisation’s strategic direction, while ensuring smooth communication across service managers, educators, clinical coordinators, and community services. Key duties of the role include:

• Provide leadership and operational oversight of the Inpatient Unit
• Foster a strong interdisciplinary team culture focused on excellence in specialist palliative care
• Oversee admissions, transfers, discharge processes, and overall service coordination
• Lead performance management and professional development of the multidisciplinary team
• Manage recruitment, orientation, staffing resources, and workforce planning
• Monitor and manage budgets effectively
• Support and implement strategic initiatives alongside the Director of Clinical Services
• Contribute as an active member of the Hospice leadership group

The successful candidate will have:

• Proven experience in clinical leadership or health management
• Postgraduate qualification and/or specialist palliative care or leadership training. (desirable)
• Current practising certificate (nursing background preferred)
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams in a healthcare setting
• Strong leadership capability with the ability to inspire, guide, and influence
• Financial and resource management competence
• Experience leading change and implementing strategic initiatives
• Commitment to interdisciplinary teamwork and achieving shared goals
• Understanding of quality improvement, research, and education principles
• Appreciation of hospice philosophy, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and culturally responsive care
• Full, current driver’s licence

If you are a compassionate, strategic leader ready to step into a senior role within a respected hospice service, we would love to hear from you.