Senior Medical Officer HiTH

Service Lead Clinician – Drive Innovation “Hospital in the Home”

• Senior clinical role leading Innovation in the delivery of Virtual Care @ Home
• Flexibility in hours & opportunities to work remotely to suit your lifestyle – limited home visit component
• Ideally suit General Medical, Older People’s Health or Urgent Care/ED speciality backgrounds - but enquire anyway if outside those!
• Willing to explore fixed term/secondment opportunity for the right candidate
• Location – flexible within Auckland region (relocation support package available if required)

We're seeking a Senior Service Lead Clinician for a permanent, ideally full-time position. While the role is primarily designed for experienced Senior Medical Officers (SMOs), we welcome applications from all qualified individuals and are flexible regarding hours and location.

As a Service Lead Clinician – HiTH, there is the opportunity to primarily work remotely, however there will be the need for some onsite work. This role isn't limited to SMOs familiar with HiTH models. Whether you specialize in General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Gerontology, or other related fields, if you're seeking a great work-life balance, this could be the perfect fit for you.

Te whiwhinga mai | The Opportunity 

Our Hospital in the Home provides acute inpatient equivalent care, utilising highly skilled staff, cutting edge technology and equipment, medication, and safety and quality standards, to deliver hospital-level care within a person's home.

Working closely with patients and their whānau supporting patients to maintain autonomy of their health and wellbeing, including acute care needs in their own home.

Along with providing senior clinical oversight, and leadership of our HiTH multidisciplinary team, you will be key in integrating the acute hospital and acute community service and the ongoing evolution of our HiTH programme as it expands to accepting referrals from a wide range of services i.e., Surgical, Women’s Health, and Adult Medical. You will be providing senior clinical oversight and leadership for the Hospital in the Home multidisciplinary team

This role is a 1.0 FTE and you are expected to work clinically, with an allocation of FTE to undertake leadership and development of the service.

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Health New Zealand |Te Whatu Ora, Te Toka Tumai, Auckland. 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 Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

 Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

We are ideally seeking a Service Lead Clinician with:

• Current NZ Medical Council practising certificate – or eligibility to gain one in realistic timeframe
• FRACP or equivalent
• Recent experience of managing complex medical inpatients
• Previous management and/ or leadership experience
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving equitable health outcomes for all

For all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the Position Description.

For a confidential discussion about this role, contact Ian Dittmer, Medical Director, Community and Long-Term Conditions – 021 283 1810 or IDittmer@adhb.govt.nz

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

If you want to join a leadership team committed to delivering world-class healthcare and drive for healthy communities, we would love to hear from you! Apply online at www.careers.adhb.govt.nz and quote job reference number ADHB20716 to attach your CV and covering letter.

APPLY NOW!!! We are screening applications as they come in and may close this vacancy once we have a pool of highly qualified suitable candidates.

If you have any queries about this opportunity or accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Candida Hall, Recruitment Consultant Joseph Ciao at jciao@adhb.govt.nz to discuss how we can best support your application.

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