Are you a passionate and experienced palliative care nurse ready to shape the next generation of compassionate, confident clinicians?

Our client, a respected palliative care provider based in Newtown, Wellington, is seeking a Clinical Nurse Educator to join their dedicated team. This is a unique opportunity to step into a pivotal role where your clinical expertise, leadership, and commitment to culturally safe, evidence-based practice will directly influence patient care and professional growth across the organisation.

This is a part time permanent position working 4 days per week, Monday-Thursday.

About the Role

In this role you’ll be a trusted advisor, coach, and mentor—working alongside nursing and multi-disciplinary teams to strengthen clinical capability across both inpatient and community settings. 

• Provide 1:1 coaching and mentoring to nursing staff
• Support nurses new to palliative care to become confident, capable practitioners
• Guide experienced clinicians in achieving their professional development and learning goals
• Organise and deliver clinical study days
• Educate and support community-based nurses
• Coach staff in developing advanced assessment and critical thinking skills
• Support student placements and preceptors
• Contribute to quality improvement and clinical effectiveness programmes
• Collaborate with external healthcare partners to expand learning opportunities
• You’ll also play an important role in designing and developing in-house professional development programmes and contributing to research and best practice in palliative care nursing.

The successful candidate will have:

• Registration with the Nursing Council of New Zealand (Registered Nurse scope) and a current practising certificate
• Extensive recent experience in specialist palliative care
• A postgraduate qualification in nursing (preferably with a focus on palliative care and/or education), or a commitment to undertake further study (desirable)
• Proven mentoring, coaching, preceptoring, and clinical assessment experience
• The ability to work at an advanced level of practice with strong critical thinking skills
• Confidence supporting staff across both inpatient and community settings
• Strong communication skills and the ability to share knowledge in 1:1, group, and online formats
• Understanding of PDRP requirements
• Full, current driver’s licence

This is more than an education role—it’s an opportunity to inspire, uplift, and strengthen a workforce dedicated to delivering compassionate end-of-life care.

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you then we’d love to hear from you.