Clinical Specialist - Orthopedics, Nelson NZ

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**Job Function:**

Customer Management

**Job Sub** **Function:**

Technical Field Service

**Job Category:**

Professional

**All Job Posting Locations:**

Mount Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand

**Job Description:**

**About Orthopaedics**

Fuelled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalised treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedic surgeries? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics Teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Visit us at to see how your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

**The Opportunity**

12-months maternity leave contract opportunity available in Nelson, NZ for a Clinical Specialist commencing 12 January 2026. Working alongside a Product Specialist, you are primarily responsible for providing technical support in an operating theatre environment to our hospital-based customers across our Trauma, Hip, Knee and Shoulder product portfolio. Key responsibilities include:

+ Attending surgical procedures and providing expert technical support to Orthopaedic Surgeons and Nursing staff in the correct and safe use of products

+ Developing and maintaining strong relationships with customers and providing in-service training to Registrars, Nursing staff etc.

+ Optimising opportunities by passing on leads to the Sales Team and providing product demo as required

+ Maintaining strong product knowledge through ongoing training and driving clinical excellence through professional and exceptional customer experience

**About You**

+ Tertiary qualification in a health-related field (Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Exercise Science, Chiropractic etc.) and experience providing clinical support in-theatre during orthopaedic surgeries is highly regarded

+ Confidence to work effectively under pressure in an operating theatre environment

+ Strong communication, presentation and customer service skills

+ Self-starter who is results driven and solutions focused

+ Autonomous and able to work as part of a team, and is organised with good time management skills

**Why Choose Us**

+ Competitive remuneration package

+ Continuous training and support

+ Award-winning leadership development programs

+ Inclusive, flexible, and accessible working arrangements

+ Equal opportunity employer supporting diversity and inclusion

**Great Place to Work® Certified – 2024**

Great Place to Work® Certification recognises employers who create outstanding employee experience. The certification process is recognised worldwide as the global benchmark for identifying outstanding workplaces.

Johnson & Johnson – Australia and New Zealand were certified as a Great Place to Work® in ANZ in its first year of participation.

_This position is predominantly based in Nelson and requires travel to Blenheim to support cases. All applicants must have rights to work in New Zealand, a reliable car and a valid Driver Licence._

_Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals._

_Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes._