Specialist Paediatric Anaesthetist, Starship Children's Health

 Specialist Paediatric Anaesthetist, Starship Child Health

• New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital
• Permanent full-time position

 Come be part of our Team!

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About the Role

Starship Child Health (Auckland), the leading provider of child health care in New Zealand and the South Pacific have a new exciting opportunity for a full-time Paediatric Anaesthetist (Specialist/Consultant), however fixed-term locum candidates are also encouraged to apply. An exact start date, including earlier/late, is flexible and negotiable with the successful candidate.

 This role is for a Specialist Paediatric Anaesthetist wanting to contribute clinically to care across the full spectrum of surgical disciplines in children, excluding paediatric cardiac surgery. In addition, we have a busy out-of-theatre workload including radiology, interventional procedures, and radiotherapy whilst also delivering day case surgery to our local community on a separate site. This workload is increasingly supported by a pre-assessment service and a dedicated acute pain team. Specific time is provided within the role to support non-clinical activities, and members of the team are active locally, nationally, and internationally in teaching, education, quality improvement and research.

 The Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine is responsible for the management of approximately 11,000 cases per year through 7 operating rooms at Starship Children’s Hospital plus additional operating room sessions at a separate day surgery facility, Greenlane Surgical Unit (GSU). A further 1,500 patients are anaesthetised for procedures outside the Operating Rooms which include MRI, CT, Cardiac Investigations, radiotherapy and other radiology procedures at various locations at Starship Children’s Hospital and Auckland City Hospital.

 A successful applicant would join a team of 25 Consultants, 4 Fellows and 7 Registrars at the leading provider of tertiary paediatric care for New Zealand and the South Pacific. Our team incorporates a dedicated Acute and Chronic Pain service and includes subspecialty teams for Cardiac and Transplantation Anaesthesia. In addition, we provide secondary-level paediatric care for our local population.

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For more information about the role please contact Dr Dean Frear, Service Clinical Director - Paediatric Anaesthesia, DFrear@adhb.govt.nz

About you

To be successful, you must be registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand and be vocationally registered, or eligible for such registration (Vocational/Locum Tenens). Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand. Preference will be given to New Zealand Citizens and New Zealand residents as per New Zealand employment requirements, though overseas candidates are welcome to apply.

Other requirements for the role include:

• FANZCA (or equivalent)
• Post Fellowship training or experience in Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Ability to provide on-call cover across the full range of Paediatric Anaesthesia

 If you are not currently registered in New Zealand and have overseas medical qualifications, you will be required to provide you will be required to provide EPIC source verification of your qualifications for your registration application. For more information about the registration process and EPIC verification of qualifications, please visit www.mcnz.org.nz

 Immigration NZ has introduced a new Straight to Residence Visa. Some positions such as this one (minimum 0.75 FTE, 1-year fixed-term or longer) are eligible for this visa which provides a pathway to residency. More information can be found here: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/visas/visa/straight-to-residence-visa

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How to Apply

To apply please click on the ‘Apply’ tab below, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role and attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.

 If you have any accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Michelle Kanth, Recruitment Consultant at michelle.kanth@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz to discuss how we can best support your application.