Consultant Plastic Surgeon

Waikato Hospital- Permanent or Fixed Term

       Wide clinical variety across acute and elective work, clinics, and regional outreach.

       Real scope to influence the service, suitable for both new and experienced consultants.

       Outstanding Waikato lifestyle with a vibrant city base and beaches, mountains, and trails close by.

About the Role

We are seeking both Fixed Term and Permanent Specialist Plastic Surgery Consultants to join our team at Waikato Hospital.

You will be part of a dynamic service delivering elective and acute care across Waikato Hospital and our peripheral sites, with participation in the oncall roster. Subspecialty interests in Hand Surgery, Cleft Lip and Palate, Breast, Head and Neck, or Burns are highly valued. The role also includes teaching, audit, and qualityimprovement activities.

Our Plastic Surgery Unit provides comprehensive services to four satellite hospitals and the wider Midland Region, including Gisborne, Taranaki, and Rotorua. Applicants must hold, or be eligible for, vocational registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand as a Plastic Surgeon.

Whether you are an experienced consultant or newly starting your consultant career, you will play an important role in shaping the future of our service. No two weeks are the sameyou will work across acute and elective surgery, outpatient clinics, skin lesion services, teaching, and care for a diverse population of more than 860,000 people.

Positions can be permanent or fixed term, full time or part time by negotiation.

• Acute and elective surgery
• Outpatient clinics
• Ward rounding on post-acute and elective patients
• Education and training of Junior staff, and other professional groups

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(Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)

 About our Service

Waikato Hospital is a major tertiary referral and teaching centre providing a wide range of plastic surgery services including hand surgery, head and neck reconstructive surgery, lower limb, cleft lip & palate, as well as being the regional burns unit for the Midlands Region. The department supports five regional secondary care and four satellite hospitals.

The successful applicant will join a well-established, dynamic team of eight Consultants and three Medical Officers supported by a strong multi-disciplinary team.

• As part of our Health NZ, Waikato family, youll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside our Health NZ, Waikato benefits and staff discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

About You

We invite expressions of interest from medical specialists eligible for MCNZ vocational registration in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

We are open to all subspecialty interests and are looking for colleagues who are teamoriented, bring a sense of humour to their work, and approach challenges with a cando mindset.

 About the Waikato

Located in the heart of the Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato operates across multiple sites, with Hamilton City as our main campus and a network of communitybased hospitals throughout the region.

Hamilton offers the best of both worlds: a vibrant, growing city with easy access to some of Aotearoas most loved natural landscapes. Whether youre into water sports, mountain biking, hiking, or long vineyard lunches, beaches and mountains are all within easy reachputting an exceptional lifestyle right on your doorstep.

To discover more about our stunning area, please click here.

 How to apply

Please apply online as applications are unable to be accepted via email.

For comprehensive information and support with the MCNZ registration and relocation process, please contact Rachel Spencer, Senior Recruitment Advisor- Rachel.Spencer@tewhatuora.govt.nz

Nau mai haere mai - Come join the team!