Pain Medicine Specialist - Dunedin Hospital

## Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this role

• Dual Trained Persistent Pain Medicine Specialist
• Dunedin Hospital
• Permanent, full-time role (0.8 FTE - 1.0 FTE, FTE negotiable)
• Salary : ASMS MECA 2022 (NZD 185,380- 267,980)
• Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora invites applications for a dual trained Pain Medicine Specialist for Dunedin Hospital.

With grounding in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and through integration and collaboration, we are building a service that is underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whanau-centred care, and excellence.

The service operates under a broad biopsychosocial framework.

With staff being co-located and delivering care from Dunedin Hospital, either in person or via telehealth.We are seeking an interdisciplinary Pain Medicine Specialist with dual training in either of the following scopes e.g. Anaesthesia, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry or Palliative Medicine.This role is aimed to improve patient's access to the Persistent Pain Service across the Southern region.

The model of care is continuing to evolve and as such it is an exciting time to join and be actively involved in service development and improvement.

The Pain Medicine Specialist will work closely with patients, their family and whanau providing advanced level assessment, intervention and evaluation of their health-related difficulties in an outpatient setting.

As part of the role, you will also work within an interdisciplinary team, other health professionals, organisations and stakeholders, including primary care practitioners and non-government organisations who have a supportive care function locally and regionally.

We are open to discussing this further with clinicians from other specialist areas.We would also consider interests for a fixed-term position from six months to a year or part-time inquiries.

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 pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Maori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community

All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal.

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

If CVs are sent without any prior agreement with the Recruitment Manager, this will be deemed unsolicited, and we will not accept them nor the responsibility for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.We only accept online applications.

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