Charge Nurse Manager| Cancer and Palliative Care

Charge Nurse Manager – Cancer & Palliative Care Services
Full Time, Permanent Role
Monday to Friday
Are you a Senior Registered Nurse who is looking for a new challenge?
Health New Zealand Counties Manukau is a dynamic and progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health care delivery within the New Zealand Public Health Sector.
We are looking for a Charge Nurse Manager who will be able to provide nurse leadership across the Cancer and Palliative Care teams at our Middlemore Hospital, Manukau Health Park and Lambie Drive sites. Both teams are pro-active and take pride in delivering excellent service and quality patient care. They are responsible for working across all divisions and services to ensure patients receive timely access to care and that staff are supported and educated to provide end of life care to patients.
The Charge Nurse Manager provides professional and line management leadership to nurses working in cancer and palliative care services and is a key member in the Health NZ Counties Manukau cancer leadership team.
This role requires you to work in partnership with the medical, nursing and allied health staff across the care continuum to ensure safe, patient focussed care that are in line with the vision and values of our organisation.
This role also requires expert clinical knowledge and applied reasoning that enables safe case management of individual patients requiring cancer services.
As you will be required to work closely with key stakeholders within the Northern Region, we are looking for someone with exceptional communication and decision making skills, as well as great problem solving skills. The ability to build relationships, manage change and resolve conflict is also an integral part of this role.
If this sounds like the challenge you have been looking for then we want to hear from you!

Essential:
New Zealand Registered Nurse
Current Annual Practicing Certificate
Minimum 5 years post registration experience in NZ, cancer/palliative nursing experience preferred
Proven leadership and/or management experience
Post Graduate Diploma in progress (with a commitment to ongoing education)
Please apply online at https://careers.countiesmanukau.health.nz/working-here/ or for more information please contact Fran Upoko in the recruitment centre on 0+ 276 0044 ext 534++.
Applications Close: 25 October 2026
Job Number: CMH202614212

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.