2026 Training Year Intensive Care Medicine Senior House Officers

Auckland Metropolitan Region – Te Toka Tumai, Counties Manukau and Waitemata - Permanent Full-Time – Intensive Care Medicine Senior House Officer

 Work in Auckland in 2025 and see why it is loved by so many:

·       Auckland consistently ranks as one of the most liveable cities in the world - Highly diverse and multicultural – Tāmaki Makaurau has more than 200 ethnic communities

·       NSH is part of the Auckland Super City but less hectic than the CBD with beautiful white sandy beaches and the hospital built alongside a freshwater lake.

·       Energetic nightlife, burgeoning restaurant scene, and an abundance of cultural and leisure activities

·       Experience the East and West Coasts of Aotearoa New Zealand within a short drive, and hike in the Hunua or Waitakere Ranges on your days off

Benefits

·       All departments provide regular teaching on core ICU topics

·       Gain skills in assessing the critically ill, resuscitation, stabilisation, diagnostic evaluation, treatment of acute medical and surgical emergencies, procedural skills including intubation, mechanical ventilation and central venous line insertion, communication skills with both patients and their families as well as involvement in research and audit.

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

·       Gain ICU exposure at an introductory level.  SHO positions in both NSH, PICU and CVICU can count as your foundation term prior to entering the CICM training programme

About the Team/Service/ Location

·       NSH is a busy general ICU allows an opportunity to gain exposure to the field of critical care, whilst being well supported by a welcoming and friendly team of specialists, registrars, nurses and allied health workers.

·       CVICU provide care to patients following cardiothoracic and vascular surgery and heart and lung transplantation. Also, after cardiology patients requiring intensive care, as well as all patients in New Zealand who require mechanical cardiac and respiratory support

·       SSH PICU is a combined cardiac and general ICU providing tertiary level care to children from around New Zealand. Great exposure to a variety of patients and critical care therapies in a supportive environment. 

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About you
·       Required experience: 24 months completed House Officer runs

·       Preferred: some exposure to acute care and a commitment to ICM training

       Applications close: 5PM Monday 9 June 2025

•       Interviews held: Wednesday 16 July 2025 & Thursday 17 July 2025
•       Offers to successful applicants: Monday 18 August 2025

Please note:

·       Both the NSH, CVICU and PICU run is only for a 6 months duration. Should you be appointed for the first 6 months of the year (from January), you will need to make plans for the following 6 months (from July). It is expected that (subject to satisfactory performance) SHOs will progress into either their first ICM registrar position, or in selected circumstances, into an Anaesthesia SHO position. Candidates wishing to do this will need to apply for these positions at the same time as your SHO application, and progression would be subject to these applications being successful. Should you be appointed for the second 6 months (from July), you will need to make plans for what you would do for the first 6 months of the year.