Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist
- New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital
- Permanent full-time position, or fixed-term opportunity (12 months)
The Opportunity
The leading provider of child health care in New Zealand and the South Pacific have a new exciting opportunity for a full-time Paediatric Anaesthetist (Specialist/Consultant), however fixed-term candidates are also encouraged to apply who can commit to a 1 year contract. An exact start date, including earlier/late, is flexible and negotiable with the successful candidate.
This role is for a Specialist Paediatric Anaesthetist wanting to contribute clinically to care across the full spectrum of surgical disciplines in children, excluding paediatric cardiac surgery. In addition, we have a busy out-of-theatre workload including radiology, interventional procedures, and radiotherapy whilst also delivering day case surgery to our local community on a separate site. This workload is increasingly supported by a pre-assessment service and a dedicated acute pain team. Specific time is provided within the role to support non-clinical activities, and members of the team are active locally, nationally, and internationally in teaching, education, quality improvement and research.
The Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine is responsible for the management of approximately 11,000 cases per year through 7 operating rooms plus additional operating room sessions at a separate day surgery facility. A further 1,500 patients are anaesthetised for procedures outside the Operating Rooms which include MRI, CT, Cardiac Investigations, radiotherapy and other radiology procedures at various locations.
A successful applicant would join a team of 25 Consultants, 4 Fellows and 7 Registrars at the leading provider of tertiary paediatric care for New Zealand and the South Pacific. Our team incorporates a dedicated Acute and Chronic Pain service and includes subspecialty teams for Cardiac and Transplantation Anaesthesia. In addition, we provide secondary-level paediatric care for our local population.
Important Skills
To be successful, you must be registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand and be vocationally registered, or eligible for such registration. Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand.
Other requirements for the role include:
- FANZCA (or equivalent)
- Post Fellowship training or experience in Paediatric Anaesthesia
- Ability to provide on-call cover across the full range of Paediatric Anaesthesia
If you are not currently registered in New Zealand and have overseas medical qualifications, you will be required to provide you will be required to provide EPIC source verification of your qualifications for your registration application.
Who are we
We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are located in central Auckland.
Why you will enjoy working here
What we can offer you:
New Zealand is a land of outstanding natural beauty and breath-taking scenery, with huge opportunity for all outdoor pursuits so is a great place to live, work and have a great work life balance. Auckland is the largest city in NZ and offers a great outdoors experience with beaches, mountains, concerts, sports, shopping, wining and dining.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply online and attach an up to date copy of your CV for consideration.