• Starship Hospital
• Permanent, full-time role (0.88FTE)
• Participate in all aspects of clinical service, teaching, and quality assurance activities

About the role

Applications are invited for a Paediatric Nephrologist at Starship Childrens Health. This is a permanent position working 0.88 full-time equivalents. This is your chance to join our dedicated multidisciplinary team consisting of 3.6 full-time equivalent consultants, 3 nurse specialists, 3 dietitians and other allied health professionals providing a high quality clinical service.

The person will participate in all aspects of clinical service, teaching, and quality assurance activities. Opportunities for clinical research include collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Auckland and Australian and International Paediatric Nephrology colleagues.

About the Team/Service/Location

The Starship Paediatric Kidney Service is a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers committed to providing whānau-centred care. This is accomplished through in-person, virtual, telehealth, and outreach-based outpatient care and Starship-based inpatient care for Mokopuna throughout Aotearoa with kidney disease.

The Department of Paediatric Nephrology offers comprehensive renal care to children throughout New Zealand and is the only referral centre for general paediatric nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation. The service has an extensive outreach support programme to serve children with kidney disease in all regions of the country. The institution is situated on the same site as the adult hospital, enabling close relationships with the adult renal and transplant services.

Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.

About you

To be successful in this role you must:

• have vocational training in paediatric nephrology and must be at least equivalent to nephrology training as prescribed by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• be eligible for specialist registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand
• have significant clinical experience in the provision of all modalities of renal replacement therapy and all aspects of renal transplantation
• have regular contact with children and young persons under age 16 and will be subject to the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014.

The salary package is in accordance with the New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Senior Medical and Dental Officers Collective Agreement, and will be commensurate with the degree of clinical experience and post-graduate qualifications of the applicant.

For all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the position description.

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 Dr Helen Evans, Service Clinical Director – Paediatric Medical Specialities at hevans@adhb.govt.nz

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

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website.