Clinical Director Northland Rural Hospitals

About the Role

As Clinical Director of this dynamic service, you will be a proactive clinician with the ability to communicate effectively and build great working relationships with our close-knit hospital teams.

Our ideal candidate will have experience as a clinical lead in a rural hospital setting with excellent knowledge of medical staff, rostering, and day-to-day operations.

A key component as Clinical Director will be providing a high-quality, cost-effective service to meet the three rural Hospitals, Clinical and Organisational objectives.

The successful candidate will be one who is looking to make a contribution to improving outcomes for our rural communities - in particular for Maori, with a focus on addressing inequity.

In return, we can offer you the opportunity to work in a service that has a robust clinical governance structure in place, high standards of care, a supportive team environment, and an ability to contribute to improving services.

We will support the person in this role to access leadership development opportunities.

It is anticipated that this role will be 1.0 FTE including providing clinical care within one or more of the following teams in the service.

Kaitaia Hospital

Bay of Islands Hospital

Dargaville Hospital

About the Location

The subtropical Northland region stretches upwards from Auckland to the very top of NZ covering an area of 12,600 square kilometres with a growing population.

Northland is a story of two coastlines the west coast is rugged and soulful while the east coast is relatively more sophisticated and urbane.

Boasting some of the most scenic and exciting seaside areas in the country, there is a range of popular attractions and recreational activities.

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For more information on living and working in Northland click here

About you

To be considered you must have or be eligible for specialist (or locum tenens) registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) in a Rural Hospital Medicine Vocational scope of practice.

If you are currently overseas / not yet registered, we can assist you with the application process to obtain MCNZ registration.

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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 Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

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All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal.

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