Consultant Anaesthetist – New and Expanded Facility

Anaesthetists – Expressions of Interest – Exciting new and expanded facilities!

• Permanent & fixed term opportunities
• Work across new and existing theatre facilities
• Broad sub-specialty exposure
• Friendly and collegial team within great community settings

About the Role

Our anaesthetists have a generalist skill set, though our department is also strengthened by staff with sub-specialty training and experience. At Counties Manukau we work together to support a wide range of surgical specialties, providing high quality care for both elective surgery and a busy acute workload. Our working environment is fast paced but with a warm and friendly vibe that many describe as a “family feel”. You can look forward to a warm welcome and strong support from colleagues.

About the Team/Service/ Location

A diverse range of clinical settings is on offer, which includes of course the new Manukau Health Park facility (Project Overview ) in addition to the 24 existing theatres across Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Surgical Centre. The Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at Counties Manukau serves a culturally diverse population of approximately 600,000 people across East and South Auckland.

Some additional facts about the Counties Manukau District:

• Middlemore Hospital is a busy, acute 800-bed tertiary-level teaching hospital with 14 theatres. 8km away Manukau Health Park provides clinic facilities and lower complexity and short stay surgery over 10 theatres with the new 4 theatre unit opening soon.
• Home to the National Burns Centre
• Receive tertiary regional referrals for acute spinal injuries, mangled limb, plastic surgery, hands, maxillofacial surgery and rigid bronchoscopy.
• Approximately 32,000 anaesthetic episodes a year and our tertiary obstetric centre delivers over 7000 babies annually.
• Other specialties include – general surgery, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology, otorhinolaryngology and ophthalmology
• Up to 10% of our patients are low complexity paediatrics
• The anaesthetic department provides a small but increasing amount of off-the-floor work in MRI, CT, interventional radiology, gastroenterology and respiratory procedural suite, and procedural sedation for pacemaker insertion in the cardiac catheterisation lab.
• We are a friendly department with a culture of continuous improvement. We have weekly morbidity and mortality meetings and have an active internal education program. Our department has special interest sub-specialty groups and representation on a number of hospital committees and we participate in the ANZCA Clinical Trials Network. We are a training hospital, with 35 trainees, and our SMOs actively participate in College roles, including supervisors of training, examiners, and ANZCA committees.

We are really keen to connect with people on a personal basis via a person-to-person informal chat. So drop our recruiter Barb an email Barbara.Ridgway@middlemore.co.nz and she can arrange a time for a confidential initial discussion with our Clinical Head of Anaesthesia, Dr Fiona Gilmour.

For the link to our formal Position Description, please click here. 

To see more about us and our hospital please click here. 

Working at Health New Zealand

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. As well as internationally qualified professionals, we welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Immigration & relocation support provided

We have our own fully Licensed Immigration Advisors who can guide new employees on the best pathway options to secure the right to work in New Zealand (if needed), and support with relocation costs can be provided. All part of trying to make it as easy as possible for you to join us!

How to Apply or Enquire further

To register your interest please click “apply now.” When you create your profile in the system you’ll be asked a few simple questions about qualifications, experience and ability to work in New Zealand. A full, detailed CV and a cover letter outlining your interest are recommended. Please complete your registration by the 15 March, 2026. If you have any further questions about the role, or strike any technical issues please contact Barbara at Barbara.Ridgway@middlemore.co.nz

We will review expressions of interest as we receive them and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert, so we encourage timely registrations.

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.