Are you a compassionate, confident clinical leader ready to shape a high‑performing rehabilitation service? Do you thrive in environments where exceptional nursing practice, cultural responsiveness, and person‑centred care are at the heart of everything you do?

We're seeking Expressions of Interest for a Nursing House Manager to lead our unique 5‑bed transitional rehabilitation home for adults with spinal cord injury (SCI)-a service where expert clinical care, dignity, independence, and real partnership with residents and their whānau truly matter.

This is your opportunity to step into a role with genuine impact, autonomy, and purpose.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Lead a highly specialised service supporting adults with complex SCI needs-tetraplegia, respiratory support, bowel & bladder programmes, pressure injury prevention, assistive technologies and more.
• Grow, coach, and empower a skilled rehabilitation team who provide 24/7 person‑directed support.
• Make real change through strong clinical governance, quality improvement, and innovative rehabilitation practice.
• Partner with residents and whānau to support meaningful goals, independence, and community participation.
• Work closely with experts across allied health, primary care, and the Auckland Spinal Unit to ensure seamless clinical pathways.

This is not just management-it's leadership with purpose.

What You'll Be Doing

Clinical Leadership & Excellence

• Provide high quality nursing support and intervention across respiratory care, bowel & bladder management, pressure injury prevention, autonomic dysreflexia, wound care, and safe manual handling.
• Complete comprehensive assessments and co‑create support and risk plans with residents and their whānau.
• Oversee safe medication systems and clinical documentation.
• Drive audits, continuous improvement, and high‑quality outcomes.

Team Leadership & Development

• Recruit, roster, supervise, and grow Kaimahi Hauora in a supportive, learning‑focused environment.
• Deliver competency-based training and clinical coaching on shift.
• Foster a culture of safety, inclusiveness, accountability, and teamwork.

Person‑Centred Care

• Promote dignity, autonomy, informed choice, and supported decision making.
• Ensure safeguarding practices are strong and uphold resident rights at all times.

Operations, Quality & Safety

• Manage daily operations, staffing, equipment, and resource planning.
• Lead risk management, incident investigations, health & safety processes, and emergency preparedness.
• Maintain full compliance with health and disability standards.

Relationship Management

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with residents, their whānau, referrers, clinicians, suppliers, and partners.
• Represent the service in reviews, audits, and multidisciplinary meetings.

On‑Call Leadership

• Provide clinical support after hours on a shared roster.

What You'll Bring

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current APC.
• 3-5+ years post‑registration experience in complex disability, community care, rehabilitation, or spinal injury.
• Strong clinical expertise: wound care, IPC, medication management, pressure injury prevention, emergency response.
• Proven leadership experience-rosters, supervision, coaching, performance management.
• Excellent communication, cultural competence, and partnership approach with residents and whānau.
• Confident with electronic client systems and Microsoft 365.
• Organised, calm, proactive, and able to lead confidently under pressure.

Desirable

• Advanced SCI care knowledge: bowel/bladder management, autonomic dysreflexia, safe transfers, assistive technology.
• Competency with SPC changes, PEG feeding, stoma care, wound management.
• Experience training and assessing others.

What Great Looks Like

You are a visible, hands‑on clinical leader-calm, confident, supportive.
You keep people safe, standards high, and documentation tight.
You build strong relationships, empower staff, and champion residents' independence and goals.
You lead with heart, safety, respect, and clinical excellence.