Clinical Nurse Specialist, Urology
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
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Urology, you will provide safe, clinically effective specialist nursing care for adult patients and their families/whānau across the full urology continuum, including acute, elective, cancer, and long-term condition pathways. This unique role combines frontline outpatient nursing with service-level patient management, supporting both individual patient care and system-wide outcomes.
Working within the Patient Service Centre, you will coordinate care across diagnostics, treatment, and follow-up, ensuring patients progress safely and efficiently from referral through to elective surgery. You will provide clinical oversight within the urology specialty to support compliance with Ministry of Health (MoH) timeframes, contribute to robust reporting and data quality requirements, and champion high-quality, equitable healthcare across all urology pathways.
This role operates within a shared leadership model, working closely alongside the Operations Manager, Clinical Director, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Practitioner, and other key healthcare professionals and hospital managers to enhance the patient journey and overall service delivery. This is a full time, 1 FTE role
About the Team/Service/ Location
The Patient Service Centre surgical specialties team manages the administrative and clinical patient journey from first referral through to elective surgery. The team works collaboratively to ensure clinically safe, timely, and equitable care, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and patient-centred outcomes. This role is based at North Shore Hospital.
About you
You will bring:
- A Minimum of 5 years clinical experience in urology or a related specialty
- Post Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Specialty
- Level 4 Portfolio
- Advanced clinical assessment, communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills
- Experience coordinating complex patient pathways across diagnostics, treatment, and follow-up
- A strong commitment to equity, quality improvement, and reducing health inequities
- An interest in advancing urology specialist nursing practice, including progression towards Nurse Practitioner endorsement through postgraduate study, advanced assessment, and supervised clinical practice
If this sounds like you, and you would relish the opportunity to work within a collaborative team dedicated to enhancing patient care, don’t miss this opportunity.
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
To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by 25 February 2026. Position reference number WDHB20959
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We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.
