Clinical Lead

• Are you looking for the opportunity to develop your operational and leadership skills whilst maintaining close links to clinical practice?
• Excellent combined clinical and operational leadership role available to join our skilled team
• Working for Te Toka Tumai is an opportunity for you to make a real difference in the health and wellbeing of our Auckland community

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

This Clinical Lead role will see you providing both clinical and operational leadership to the Speech Language Therapists within the Allied Health (Adults) service. You will work closely with Advanced Clinician and Senior staff to provide clinical Speech Language Therapy services for adult inpatient services at Auckland City Hospital, and outpatient services. This is a full-time fixed term (12 months) parental leave position available for a New Zealand Registered Speech Language Therapist to join our dynamic, supportive and self-motivated service.

• As a service we encourage innovative approaches that will take our department and our business management to the next level of performance and enhance the development of services and staff.
• Reporting to the Service Clinical Director, Allied Health Services, this is a collaborative role well supported by the Director, other profession-specific Clinical Leads colleagues, and professionally, by the Professional Leader – Speech Language Therapy.
• You will be a valued member of the Allied Health Leadership Team and encouraged and supported to develop your potential, including your leadership and management skills in and beyond Physiotherapy.
• As part of the role, you will support a small clinical caseload.
• This is a genuinely outstanding and challenging Allied Health clinical leadership opportunity within the NZ health sector.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The Speech Language Therapy team is made up of passionate and supportive clinicians who are dedicated to advocating for our patients and enhancing clinical outcomes within our community. We consist of 16.2 FTE, working across both inpatient and outpatient settings.

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About you

As the ideal person for this role, you will have the following skills and attributes:

• New Zealand Registered Speech Language Therapist with a current Annual Practicing Certificate.
• Previous leadership experience in Allied Health advantageous.
• Appropriate supervision training advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to work at an advanced clinical level in a health environment and have (or are working towards) Level 5 competency in tracheostomy management, Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS), Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES).
• Working towards or completed relevant clinical or management Post Graduate / Masters degree or equivalent
• A comprehensive understanding of the obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and a commitment to supporting equitable outcomes for Māori
• Able to bring together, balance and deliver the combined demands of quality, operations and business management through outstanding leadership and delegation
• Highly developed computer skills (e.g. Microsoft applications)
• Effective time management, flexibility, prioritisation and organisation skills
• Drive, energy and initiative with excellent communication and interpersonal skills 

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For more information about this role please contact Sarah Edwards, Service Clinical Director - Allied Health on

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

Advertising closes: 11th June 2025 at Time 11:59 pm (New Zealand standard time).

To apply please click on the 'Apply' tab below and submit your application online attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.

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