Consultant Palliative Care Physician (Fixed Term)

## Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this role

• Location :
• Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital
• Service :
• PalliativeCare
• Contract :
• Full time, 6 months fixed term
• (with the potential to extend to 12 months)
• Salary :
• As perHealth New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders.

Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whanau-centred care, and excellence.

The role combines direct clinical care, expertsymptom management, consultation across specialties, and collaborative practicewith nursing, allied health, and community partners.You'llmanage a varied inpatient caseload, provide senior medical advice to cliniciansacross the hospital, support complex clinical decision-making, and work closelywith hospice and primary care teams to ensure seamless transitions for patientsbetween care settings.

Theteam consists of SMOs, CNSs, RMO and NP colleagues.

We work closely withhospital teams, primary care, community providers, and hospices to ensureequitable, patient-centred palliative care.

Our service sees over

and district is located centrally in Wellington and has over 6,000 full-time equivalent staff, making us one of the major employers in the Wellington region.

We operate three hospitals ' Regional Hospital in Newtown, Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital in ' as well as the Health Centre at Paraparaumu.

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

The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work.

It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.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.

All applications must be submitted through our online careers'If you have any questions about the role, please email

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