HEALTHCARE AND AGED CARE
Healthcare and Aged Care Executive Search in New Zealand
The clinical executives who built New Zealand's hospitals, villages and care networks won't be the ones who run them next.
Infinitas is an Auckland-based executive search firm specialising in healthcare and aged care leadership recruitment across New Zealand. We partner with hospital networks, aged care operators, retirement villages, primary care providers and Health NZ on retained search for CEOs, Chief Medical Officers, Directors of Nursing, Chief Operating Officers, General Managers and non-executive directors. Every search starts with a board-grade brief and ends with a leader who can hold clinical excellence and commercial discipline in the same hand.
THE MARKET
New Zealand's healthcare and aged care sector is going through its deepest workforce reset in a generation.
An ageing population, rising acuity, the ongoing reform of Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora, and post-pandemic pressure on margins are forcing every operator (public and private alike) to rebuild executive teams. The leaders who built our hospitals, residential villages, primary care networks and aged care groups are increasingly not the ones who will run them next. Our work is to find that next generation.
Where the sector is shifting.
Consolidation deepens.
Consolidation across aged care providers. Roll-out of integrated EMR and digital health platforms. A clear shift towards in-home and community-based models. Independent operators are becoming targets for Australian and offshore capital.
Leadership runs short.
Acute funding pressure on aged care unit economics. Retaining clinical leaders inside both public and private settings. Building executive teams who can balance clinical credibility with commercial discipline. Quiet succession at chair, Director of Nursing and CMO level.
New models, new capital.
New operating models in integrated and community care. Expansion in mental health, disability and primary care. Roll-up plays from private equity and trans-Tasman strategics. Career steps for clinicians moving into general management.
WHO WE PLACE
Leadership roles we search across healthcare and aged care.
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Medical Officer
- Director of Nursing
- General Manager (Clinical)
- General Manager (Operations)
- Facility and Village Manager
- Head of People and Culture
- Chair and Non-Executive Director
- Clinical Governance Committee Member
- Audit and Risk Committee Chair
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
01. Do you recruit across both public and private healthcare?
Yes. We recruit across the full spectrum. That includes Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora, private hospitals, primary care networks, aged care operators, retirement villages, allied health and disability service providers. Our retained search engagements cover both clinical and commercial leadership positions.
02. Can you find chairs and non-executive directors with clinical backgrounds?
Yes. We maintain a curated Board & NED Network that includes practising and former clinicians, finance specialists, governance veterans and operators with deep healthcare experience. We can build a chair shortlist, refresh a clinical governance committee, or place a single non-executive director. Meet the partners who lead our board and NED practice.
03. What does an Infinitas healthcare search engagement look like?
Retained search. Every engagement begins with a board-grade brief covering role architecture, success measures, the operating context and the cultural lens. From there we run a structured market map, a long-list of identified candidates, structured interviews and competency assessment, references and a written shortlist report. Engagements typically run 8 to 12 weeks. Read more about our approach.
04. Where in New Zealand do you operate?
We are based in Auckland and run searches nationally. That includes Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Tauranga, Hamilton, Dunedin and the regions. Where a role requires a trans-Tasman or international map, we extend the search accordingly.
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READY TO TALK
Ready to build your next healthcare leadership team?
Partner with Infinitas to recruit executives across hospitals, aged care, retirement villages and primary care. Or take the next step in your own career in the sector.