- Senior leadership opportunity within a unique health organisation
- Ability to shape a new role
About New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Blood and Organ Service (NZBS) is dedicated to saving lives. Every year, tens of thousands of generous people donate their time, blood and plasma to us for free. In addition to our vein-to-vein service in transfusion we also provide national services in organ transplantation, cellular therapies and tissue banking. We exist to ensure the efficient delivery of safe blood and tissue products on a time critical basis throughout New Zealand and through the generosity of our donors, we are able to help save lives.
The opportunity
NZBS is excited to open applications for a newly created role of National Manager Governance and Performance - Clinical Services, that brings together senior leadership as well as technical expertise in clinical governance and insight.
Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer, this role will have leadership responsibility for the existing governance functions, bringing them under one umbrella while extending the capability and scope of the wider team by establishing new expert functions, including data analytics.
Going forward, this position will have a key role in shaping how NZBS ensures accountability for continuously improving clinical performance and service quality, minimizing risk, and safeguarding high standards of patient and donor care. A core aspect of this role is to lead the analytics strategy including the design of how NZBS uses clinical data to gain insight and drive clinical performance and risk management.
This role will further be accountable for ensuring that NZBS meets regulatory, statutory and government reporting compliance requirements, including monitoring and assessing changes in legislation, regulatory requirements, and policy to ensure ongoing compliance and alignment with industry best practice.
In this role you will:
- Lead, coach and mentor a team of experienced professionals with various areas of expertise within clinical governance, surveillance and data analytics
- Identify and implement innovation opportunities that support NZBS strategic priorities and clinical objectives as well as being aligned with health sector, government, and regulatory requirements
- Take ownership of the analytics strategy including the application of clinical data insights and reporting to support performance improvement and planning
- Ensure timely submission of reports to agencies as required by health sector mandates
- Advocate for and promote governance and best practice, ensuring regulatory awareness and that NZBS remains aligned with the requirements of the health system
- Partner with the Clinical and cross-functional teams across NZBS to support organisational priorities and foster shared accountability for outcomes.
For this senior opportunity we welcome applications from candidates with a background in leadership roles within the public and/or health sectors and experience working with governance frameworks and analytics, using data to guide decision making and strategy.
What you will bring:
- Proven experience in leading governance and/or implementing policy within a public sector or health setting
- Expertise in data analytics, risk management, and service development
- Excellent engagement and relationship building skills, paired with the ability to effectively lead change processes within a regulated environment
- Understanding of financial management and creation of business plans
- Sound strategic and operational judgment
What we offer:
- This is an opportunity to work with passionate, highly qualified professionals and shape the future of clinical governance at NZBS
- Work within a genuinely values-driven and unique NZ organisation.
If you believe this could be your next career step, please submit your application online, including a CV and cover letter. If you have questions about the role, please contact Maria Kulmala, Talent Advisor [email protected] or Sarah Morley, CMO, [email protected].