Anaesthetic Fellow - Dunedin Hospital

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora invites applications for three Anaesthesia Provisional Fellows for late January

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Why join us?

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities.

We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region.

We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community.

Dunedin Hospital has almost 400 beds and provides care for a population of approximately 350,000 spread over the lower South Island of New Zealand.

Being a Tertiary Hospital for our district, our staff enjoy close relationships with the University of Otago, School of Medicine and Otago Polytechnic School of Nursing.

We benefit from continuous professional development, involvement with medical and nursing student training, in-situ and remote stimulation training, participation in research and many more opportunities arising from working in a combined clinical-academic environment.

About the role

As a general fellow, your days will be divided between working alongside an SMO or running your own lists in the capacity of a junior consultant, supported by the duty anaesthetist.

You are able to tailor your fellowship to a particular subspeciality area of interest.

Opportunities exist for protected training time to included rostered time with other specialty services relevant to the candidate's area of interest ie Cardiac Cath Lab.

The roster includes protected training lists as well as non-clinical time for CPD plus Registrar and Anaesthetic Technicians trainee teaching.

You'll work occasional afternoon shifts during the week, alongside a registrar, and will participate on a 1 : 5 weekend roster.

In the second six months of the year additional SMO on call hours will be introduced.

We are a tertiary level hospital with a full range of elective and acute surgical specialities and can offer you a varied and challenging array of anaesthesia work.

About you

We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience to complement our team :

• An excellent general anaesthesia skill set
• A team player with exceptional interpersonal skills who builds effective relationships both within and external to their team
• Solution focused and able to demonstrate mature decision making and priority setting in a clinical environment
• Enthusiasm for teaching and passing on their knowledge to junior members of staff

To be eligible to apply for this role, you must meet ANZCA provisional fellowship training requirements including prospective approval for this role.

You must also be eligibility for general or provisional general registration with the medical council of New Zealand.

Due to the nature of this role, you will need to be a NZ or Australian citizen or resident or have an appropriate visa to live and work in New Zealand.

We will consider applicants from overseas training schemes where the candidate has completed all their exams and advanced training runs and will be in their final year of training.

About Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora is 'the weaving of wellness'.

We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do.

Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability.

A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community.

We are a pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on providing equitable outcomes for Maori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disabled Community.

Salary range

This role belongs to the ASMS Collective Agreement and falls on the Fellow Scale (NZD 179,480).

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'.

All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Agatha Chen, Recruitment Advisor - Senior Medical Officers

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

We only accept online applications.

Please apply via our website.