Fellow, Emergency Department

·         Emergency Medicine – Fulltime Fixed Term Fellow Position (from July 2025 – February 2026)

·         We have a great opportunity for a Senior Registrar to join our dynamic team as a Fellow for 6 months from July 2025 to February 2026.

·         Middlemore Hospital has one of the busiest Emergency Departments in Australasia and is accredited with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM)

·         Counties Manukau is a dynamic and progressive organisation that offers an innovative and transformative approach to delivering more effective services and better outcomes for our people, families and communities. 

·         Remunerations per ASMS SECA

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

.The Emergency Department fellow at Middlemore Hospital works as part of the wider SMO team. The fellow will work in all areas of the ED:  Monitored/resus, paediatrics, Adults, Senior Led Triage, Waiting room and Short Stay unit. They will be supported by FACEMs 18h/day and will get exposure to a wide range of medical and surgical presentations. There will be opportunities to contribute to education, provide supervision of RMOs and to complete TS4 requirements.  

About the Team/Service/ Location

With approximately 130,000 adult and paediatric presentations per year the Emergency Department at Middlemore Hospital is one of the busiest in Australasia.  Middlemore Hospital is situated in South Auckland and serves a culturally diverse, high need population with high acuity presentations. The department is accredited with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) for 36 months of training as a mixed Tier 1 Emergency Department.

Middlemore Hospital ED is a Major Trauma Centre seeing approximately 300 major trauma patients (ISS >13) per year as well as acting as the quaternary centre for spinal cord, mangled limb and burns patients. The hospital is well supported by dedicated Trauma, Burns and Spinal Cord teams and has an active trauma committee that provide governance and oversite. The hospital also provides immediate care for walk in paediatric trauma patients and maintains excellent links with the local cardio thoracic and neurosurgical centres via the Northern Regional Trauma Committee. The ED specialist plays a vital role in acting as team leader for major trauma

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About you

As an Emergency Medicine Fellow, you must be registered with MCNZ and have worked to the level of a Senior Registrar

·         A Fellow in the ED will be a senior trainee in Emergency Medicine who is in the last year of training and having sat or about to sit the Fellowship exam.

Working at Health New Zealand

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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 Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.  

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by 18 May, 2025.  Suitably qualified candidates are advised to discuss the position with the Clinical Heads, Dr Sarah Bowker or Dr Loana Tanielu   Sarah.Bowker@middlemore.co.nz, Loana.Tanielu@middlemore.co.nz

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