Consultant Respiratory & Sleep Physician

Consultant Respiratory & Sleep PhysicianLocation : Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital and Hutt HospitalService : RespiratoryServiceHealth 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.About the roleFancy a change?

We are looking for a respiratory / sleep physician (consultant) to expand our current team of 10 physicians.

The successful applicant will join our existing friendly and supportive team, with a start date after December 2025 (negotiable).

The position is being advertised as full-time but we are happy to discuss options for flexible working.We are looking for an experienced sleep accredited physician to joinour sleep service.

The successful applicant will provide outpatient clinics insleep medicine and non-invasive ventilation.

The role will also help advancingthe service, developing and overseeing clinical protocols, ensure regulatoryand clinical compliance, and provide medical supervision for a growing team ofnurses, junior doctors and sleep physiologists.

The role includes joining theexisting respiratory on-call roster and providing ward cover, however this maybe negotiable.

Job-plans include approximately 30% non-clinical time forcontinuing medical education, quality improvement and service development.Additional sleep medicine related employment may be available bymutual agreement through WellSleep, a NATA accredited sleep laboratory, run bythe University of Otago Sleep Investigation Centre.

WellSleep employs sixclinical physiologists to manage over 1,000 sleep studies each year.

There is arange of home sleep apnoea testing and in-laboratory polysomnography includingPAP titration, MSLT and MWT testing.

There is also availability for daytime NIVacclimatisation and community based PAP trials.

Using state-of-the-art digitaltechnology, the WellSleep Centre offers a full range of clinical investigationswhile adapting to a variety of research-related procedures.The link with the University of Otago, Wellington (UOW) allows theWellSleep Centre to undertake research while ensuring protocols areresearch-based and in line with the latest best-practice techniques.For the right candidate with astrong research background, additional employment may be available by mutualagreement through the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, based atWellington Hospital.The Wellington Respiratory department is based in the mainhospital for the capital city of New Zealand and provides secondary care toapproximately 450,000 people and tertiary services to a population of around 1million.

The sleep service oversees patients from the greater Wellington regionand 2 surrounding districts.Respiratory Medicine is based inthe Clinical Measurement Unit at Wellington Regional Hospital.

It providesoutpatient services at Wellington and Kenepuru hospitals and in patientservices at Wellington Regional Hospital.

Outreach clinics are provided at Huttand Masterton hospitals as well as community clinics.Capital, Coast andHutt Valley 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 - Wellington Regional Hospital in Newtown,Hutt Valley Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital inPorirua - as well as theKapiti Health Centre at Paraparaumu.Vocationally registered in Internal Medicine (Respiratory Medicine)with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)FRACP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZWork in collaboration with multidisciplinary teamAbleto demonstrate a high degree of clinical skill, particularly in Respiratory andSleep MedicineWorking for Health New Zealand| Te Whatu OraHealth New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is - the weaving of wellness - .

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.How to applyTo apply please click - apply now.

• All applications must be submitted through our online careers -We are accepting recruitment agency - s applicants, please apply onlineJob detailsJob Reference : Job Reference : SMO66-25Location : North Island - Wellington - Hutt ValleyNorth Island - Wellington - PoriruaNorth Island - Wellington - Wellington CentralJob type : Expertise : Clinical - Senior Medical Officers, Medical Officers and Fellows - General MedicineClinical - Senior Medical Officers, Medical Officers and Fellows - Internal Medicine Specialist

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