Specialist Anaesthetist (Fixed Term), Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau

• Fixed Term Anaesthetist – 1 year – Flexible start date available
• Contribute to the health and wellbeing of our South Auckland community
• Enjoy an interesting and diverse workload
• Be part of our supportive and collegial team

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

Applications are welcomed for Specialist Anaesthetists to join our team at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand.

Our anaesthetists have a generalist skill set, though our department is also strengthened by staff with subspecialty 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.

To see more about us and our hospital: https://info.health.nz/locations/auckland/auckland-east-south-counties-manukau

About the Team/Service/ Location

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. Reflecting the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, we aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and aim for equitable outcomes for all.

We are home to the National Burns Centre, and receive tertiary regional referrals for acute spinal injuries, mangled limb, plastic surgery, hands, maxillofacial surgery and rigid bronchoscopy. For the local people of East and South Auckland we deliver general surgery, vascular, orthopaedics, urology, otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology, burns, plastics and gynaecology services. We provide approximately 32,000 anaesthetic episodes a year. Up to 10% of our patients are low complexity paediatrics and our tertiary obstetric centre delivers over 7000 babies annually.

Our anaesthetists work across both sites where HNZ Counties Manukau provides surgical services. Middlemore Hospital is a busy 800-bed tertiary-level teaching hospital with 14 operating theatres. 8km away Manukau Surgical Centre, at Manukau Health Park, provides an additional 10 theatres for lower complexity, short-stay surgery with a further 4 theatres in construction. At Manukau Surgical Centre there are 60 post-surgical beds, an Anaesthetic Pre-assessment Clinic and an Anaesthetic-led four-bed ‘Perioperative Care Unit’ that provides close observation and 2:1 nursing ratio.

In addition, the anaesthetic department provides a small but increasing amount of off-the-floor work in MRI, CT, interventional radiology, a newly built gastroenterology and respiratory procedural suite, and procedural sedation for pacemaker insertion in the cardiac catheterisation lab.

We also provide acute and complex pain management across both sites and some of our anaesthetists participate in a busy outpatient chronic pain service.

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 subspecialty 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. You can look forward to a warm welcome and strong support from colleagues.

For more information on living and working in Counties Manukau District click here

About you

As an anaesthetist you will have a true generalist skillset, and the ability to work together as a team to solve problems using individuals’ subspecialty interests and experience.

Further to this you will be able to demonstrate the following:

• clinical experience in some, or all the areas listed above

• have FANZCA or equivalent and be vocationally registered or be eligible for vocational registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand.
• treat patients and staff with kindness
• contribute to our collective skillset with a variety of clinical and non-clinical interests and skills

• be ready and willing to participate in departmental administrative, quality assurance and educational activities.

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

We are an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ and we can provide you support in gaining Accredited Employer Work Visa if you meet the Immigration criteria. 

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. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Barbs at barbara.ridgway@middlemore.co.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

To view the job description, please click here.

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.