2027 Training Year - Medical Education Fellow WDHB

Medical Education Fellow– 0.5 FTE  and 0.1 FTE  (Fixed term part-time/ full-time)

Waitematā District provides services to a population of more than 640,000 people and employs around 8800 staff. Our organisational values and promise statement “Best Care for Everyone” serves to inspire us to continuously improve and to provide the best care possible to each and every person, and their family.

The Prevocational Medical Education Fellow role is an opportunity to gain broad professional experience and learning in medical education and leadership with career-long impact whilst maintaining your clinical skills. The purpose of this role is to optimise the training environment for the Waitemata prevocational house officers through education, training and support to achieve MCNZ accreditation requirements. This includes facilitating, evaluating and developing the education programmes, providing pastoral and professional support to prevocational house officers, and providing near-peer liaison between the house officers and the medical education and clinical leadership teams.

The role reports to the Manager of the Medical Education and Training Unit (METU) with the Director of Clinical Training, and works with the METU team and Associate Director of Clinical Training.  The Fellow and the team work closely with the wider metro Auckland clinical and prevocational team at both Te Toka Tumai and Counties Manukau.

The role is a 12-month fixed term position (commencing in January 2027) aligning with the clinical training year.

In this position you will have the opportunity to participate, and potentially lead, in:

• Medical education and teaching
• Advocacy and mentoring of prevocational trainees
• Project work, change management and quality improvement
• Research projects inc. presentation at relevant events

You will have access to a range of development opportunities required to help build the experience, exposure and networks needed for future leader roles in health.

The candidate we are looking for will:

• Have a current Annual Practicing Certificate with the Medical Council of New Zealand
• Be a PGY2 with endorsement removal due in Jan 2027 or a PGY3+ trainee
• An interest in education and training with some experience in teaching, coordination, management and/or leadership experience in medical education
• Experience in complex health environments; preferably within Auckland or transferable skills
• The ability to connect with others to influence change
• Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to maintain confidentiality and be trustworthy
• The ability and enthusiasm for leading transformation for your colleagues
• Flexible, positive and a proactive problem-solver
• An understanding that medical education has a direct link to patient care
• Time management skills with the ability to prioritise
• A record of punctuality and good attendance
• Sound clinical skills and references

Please see the attached job description. For information relating to the position, please contact Dr Rebecca Somerville, Director of Clinical Training Rebecca.Somerville@waitematadhb.govt.nz and Recruitment & Allocations Team NOR.Recruitment@tewhatuora.govt.nz

Applications close:  Monday 8 June 2026, 5:00 pm.

Interviews held: Monday 6 July 2026 and offers to successful applicants will be sent 17 August 2026

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