Consultant Palliative Care Physician (Fixed term)

Overview

Location : Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital

Service : Palliative Care

Contract : Full time, 6 months fixed term (with the potential to extend to 12 months)

Salary : As per ASMS SECA

Health 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, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About The Role

This is a rare opportunity to join our Palliative Care team as a Consultant / Senior Medical Officer - Palliative Care Physician, providing cover during a long leave period.

You will be working primarily at Wellington Regional Hospital with outreach to Kenepuru Hospital, and will provide specialist medical care to patients and whānau with complex palliative needs. The role combines direct clinical care, expert symptom management, consultation across specialties, and collaborative practice with nursing, allied health, and community partners.

You’ll manage a varied inpatient caseload, provide senior medical advice to clinicians across the hospital, support complex clinical decision-making, and work closely with hospice and primary care teams to ensure seamless transitions for patients between care settings.

About the Team / Service / Location

The Hospital Palliative Care Service is a highly skilled multidisciplinary team based at Wellington Regional Hospital, with outreach to Kenepuru Hospital. The team consists of SMOs, CNSs, RMO and NP colleagues. We work closely with hospital teams, primary care, community providers, and hospices to ensure equitable, patient-centred palliative care. Our service sees over 1000 new patients each year, spanning both malignant and non-malignant conditions.

Capital, Coast and Hutt 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 in Porirua - as well as the Kāpiti Health Centre at Paraparaumu.

Moū - About You

• Vocationally registered in Internal Medicine (Palliative Medicine) with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
• FRACP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZ
• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
• Broad experience in hospital and / or hospice-based palliative care

Working for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

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. 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 Apply

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