Clinical Manager
Thames, New Zealand
Clinical Manager: Be at the Heart of Aged Care!
Every day, in every way, we bring real heart to work. It is what drives us to deliver our refreshingly different person-first commitment to care. That is why we are seeking a Clinical Manager for our Bupa Tararu Care Home in Thames, Coromandel. You will enrich the lives of our society’s most vulnerable and be part of an inclusive culture where you can make a difference while growing your career. Sure, it’s a big call. But imagine the impact you could make.
About You
You will be a good fit for the role if your values and goals align with Bupa as a Clinical Leader:
- Customer Focus: Anticipate residents’ needs and build a culture of continuous improvement.
- People Focus: Create a positive, motivated, and empowered work environment through a culture of accountability and performance within the team.
- Clinical Quality Focus: Set, monitor, and manage a team to maintain high clinical standards to exceed customer expectations, and invite input from your team.
- Commercial Focus: set ambitious goals and high standards, and pursue this with energy, drive, using innovation and partnership with others.
This is a permanent, full-time role working 40 hours per week with a shared on-call component. Enjoy the relaxed, coastal lifestyle and close-knit community of Thames while making a real difference in the community as our next Clinical Manager.
Where You will Make an Impact:
- Create the future: we shape the change that matters for our customers.
- Connect with curiosity: we bring people and possibilities together, and build effective, engaged teams.
- Achieve results: we drive results which deliver on our purpose and ambition.
- Provide person-centred clinical care for residents in a 62-bed care home across rest home and hospital levels of care.
- Maintain the current 4-year certification and lead a team of caregivers and nurses to provide the highest quality clinical care.
- Conduct medication rounds, manage care plans, lead in-service education sessions for staff, and maintain accurate paperwork.
Your Person-First Approach:
You will help us make a real difference through your Clinical Leadership experience, personal passion, and empathy.
- Hold a current APC and NZ Nursing Council Registration.
- Engaged clinical leader who enjoys mentoring and supporting staff, while ensuring your team feels that their contributions are visible and valued.
- Lead continuous quality improvements that achieve measurable outcomes for our residents and people.
- Excellent clinical skills in adult care and ideal aged care experience.
- Confident communication, interpersonal, and teamwork abilities.
- A compassionate nurse who strives for excellence and to make an impact in residents’ lives.
Extra Reasons to Belong:
- Fully subsidised Southern Cross health insurance to our eligible permanent NZ employees and a discount on insurance cover for eligible family members.
- Be part of a strong national and regional support network, including Clinical Managers in the region, regional quality partners, and our national clinical services improvement team to support your success in this role.
- Values-led organisation that care about its people, community, and the planet.
- Wellbeing discounts and advice, EAP counselling services, study support, and cultural leave.
- Paid parental leave - in addition to standard parental leave, Bupa offers 12 weeks of paid leave for primary carers and 2 weeks for secondary carers.
- Refer-a-friend programme.
- Professional Development, in-house and external training and development.
- Industry-competitive remuneration and benefits, national forums, and internal reward and recognition programmes.
- Nursing Council-Approved PDRP.
- No matter who you are or where you come from, we encourage you to ‘Be You’ at Bupa.
For the opportunity to join the Bupa community and to make a difference to the lives of our residents, please submit your application today – we would love to hear from you.
About Bupa
Through vision, passion, and sheer hard work, we’re one of New Zealand’s largest aged care and dementia care providers. As one of New Zealand’s leading healthcare organisations, we employ more than 4,000 people: we’re brave, caring, and responsible. All united by one purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
Our Values | Ā mātou ūara
Brave | Māiatanga Caring | Manaakitanga Responsible | Haepapa
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.
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