Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora – Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

Location:  Wellington Regional Hospital & Central Region outreach clinics

Service:    Te Wao Nui – Child Health Service, Paediatric Surgery Service

Contract:  Permanent, full time

Salary:      As per ASMS SECA

Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role

We are looking for a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon who is competent over the full scope of general paediatric surgery, in both elective and acute, with an expectation to provide leadership and tertiary clinical work in paediatric urology.

The Wellington Paediatric Surgery service provides acute and elective paediatric surgery. The tertiary services are delivered to children from the entire central region. Regular outreach clinics and day surgery operating lists are held in Whanganui, Palmerston North and Hastings on a regular basis according to local need. The service routinely performs about 1,200 surgical procedures each year. The paediatric surgical unit works closely with the Christchurch paediatric surgical service, and as the framework for an integrated national service develops is likely to develop closer links with Waikato and Auckland’s Starship Hospitals.

In addition, there is close co-operation with one of only two Maternal-Fetal Management (MFM) services in New Zealand, focusing on the wellbeing of women and new-born infants who have Maternal Fetal complications or complex health needs.

There are currently two full-day Paediatric Surgery lists available to the service each week at the Wellington Regional Hospital and one half-day day-case list each week at Kenepuru Hospital. Each Surgeon provides at least one half-day Outpatient Clinic each week, and all surgeons contribute to the Outpatient Clinics at Kenepuru Hospital and Hutt Hospital each month.

In addition, all the Surgeons contribute to the regional service that provides day surgery and outpatient clinics at Palmerston North, Hastings and at Whanganui Hospital, and clinics to Masterton.

Moū – About you

• Eligible to achieve vocational registration in Paediatric Surgery with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
• FRACS or equivalent qualification or to be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZ
• Expected to contribute to the outreach service to several hospitals in the lower North Island
• Work closely with the other paediatric surgeons in Capital & Coast and with paediatricians and surgeons who work with children across the whole district
• Work collaboratively with the other three tertiary paediatric surgical centres for rare and complex cases, especially urological
• Relevant experience and training

E pā ana ki a tatou – About us

Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley district is located centrally in Wellington and has over 6,000 full-time equivalent staff, making us one of the major employers in the Wellington region. We operate three hospitals – Wellington Regional Hospital in Newtown, Hutt Valley Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua – as well as the Kāpiti Health Centre at Paraparaumu.

Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District is a pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

Me pēhea te tuku tono – How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email sandra.tam@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

We are not accepting Recruitment agency’s applicants. 

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed