Specialist Medical Officer Sleep Medicine, Respiratory Service

Specialist Medical Officer Sleep Medicine, Respiratory Service

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau – Auckland, North Island

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Counties Manukau serves a large multi-cultural population. We are in the beautiful coastal South Auckland where cultural diversity is our middle name.

Middlemore Hospital is an accredited, 800-bed, teaching hospital linked with the University of Auckland. Many new facilities have been developed recently and include new inpatient wards, HDU, ICU and endoscopy suites. Counties Manukau has a friendly, caring atmosphere and a strong culture of quality care and education.

We are looking for a Sleep trained physician to join our respiratory team to help support the delivery of sleep and home ventilation care to our people. You will be involved in reporting a full range of sleep investigations, service planning and development, and quality improvement initiatives. The role includes assessing and managing patients in the outpatient and inpatient setting, as well as providing oversight and supervision of both registrar and nurse / physiologist clinics.

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

The appointee will join existing respiratory physicians and be part of a larger Medicine Department providing services to a population of around 600,000 people. Middlemore Hospital has a specialist respiratory ward. The respiratory medical team consists of 16 Respiratory Physicians, 4 Registrars, a Sleep Fellow, and a Research Fellow. The respiratory team is multi‑disciplinary consisting of Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Specialists, Physiotherapists, Health Psychologist, and Physiologists. We have a cohesive team that will provide a very supportive and stimulating environment for a new or experienced physician. You will participate in sleep clinics, with general respiratory clinics, bronchoscopy and ward work all available depending on the applicant. The appointee will also be involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

About the Team / Service / Location

The respiratory services include sleep and oxygen services, pulmonary rehabilitation, acute and chronic non‑invasive ventilation, bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, fully equipped lung function laboratories, and a regional lung cancer service. We have an interventional bronchoscopy service (stents, valves), and an endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) service. The department is also active in research and has interests in a variety of areas including asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, lung cancer and pleural diseases.

About you

You will have a qualification that entitles the applicant to vocational registration as a physician by the NZ Medical Council as well as advanced training in respiratory and sleep medicine.

Experience working in a respiratory service.

Demonstrated ability to manage respiratory and sleep conditions and to report sleep investigations.

Demonstrated commitment to continuing education.

A sound level of insight into own strengths and weaknesses and is committed to self‑improvement.

Focus on improving own efficiency, and monitoring own performance to identify areas for improvement.

Ability to ensure that all aspects of solutions and judgements are well thought through and are supported by solid evidence.

Committed to cultural awareness and its application in practice.

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 10 December, 2026.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Barbara Ridgway,

• @middlemore.co.nz

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

Job Number MHP

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind Manaakitanga, Together Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.

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