Renal Physicians (General and Transplant Nephrologists)

Specialty: Nephrology

Grading: Specialist / Consultant

Number of positions: 2

Job Hours: Full-time

Required qualifications: To be eligible for this role, you must: currently hold (or be eligible for) Vocational/Specialist Registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand (www.mcnz.org.nz) have the appropriate postgraduate qualifications, relevant training and experience.

  • Rewarding opportunity for an experienced Transplant Nephrologist and a General Nephrologist to join Te Toka Tumai, Auckland
  • Two permanent, full-time positions available
  • Ideal opportunity for you to utilise your skills and experience

Our organisation

At Te Toka Tumai we are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

The opportunity

Join our Adult Medical Services Directorate at Te Toka Tumai, Auckland. Ideal opportunity for you to utilise your skills and experience in providing specialist nephrology service towards advancing excellence and equity in the prevention and care of kidney disease in Auckland region.

Te Toka Tumai’s Renal Transplant Unit provides services for 9 other hospitals and performs approximately 130 transplants each year. This includes blood group incompatible kidney transplants and is the national referral centre for combined pancreas and kidney transplantation. We provide nephrology services for the central Auckland Region including haemodialysis for 350 patients which involves an active home haemodialysis service. The peritoneal dialysis unit provides care for approximately 60 patients.

We have two permanent, full-time opportunities (one in transplantation and one in nephrology) for skilled specialists keen to be part of the renal team at Te Toka Tumai. Join our team and contribute to the mahi – work we do!

For further details, please refer to the Transplant Nephrologist position description here and the General Nephrologist position description here.

Important skills

To be eligible for this role, you must:

  • currently hold (or be eligible for) Vocational/Specialist Registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand (www.mcnz.org.nz)
  • have the appropriate postgraduate qualifications, relevant training and experience.

For more information about the registration process and source verification of qualifications, please click here.

For more information about this role please contact Service Clinical Director, Dr David Semple dsemple@adhb.govt.nz

Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi – work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai. Auckland offers it all – the great outdoors with beaches and mountains, shows and concerts, sports, shopping, wining and dining. It’s a great place to raise children and enjoy and relax when you’re an empty nester. It provides a perfect base for exploring New Zealand generally with excellent national and international flight networks.

How to apply

To apply please click ‘apply now’. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal. If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Pieter Erasmus, Recruitment Consultant, on pieter.erasmus@tewhatuora.govt.nz or +64 21 548896 to discuss how we can best support your application

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.

To apply for this job please visit jobs.tewhatuora.govt.nz.

Have any questions?

Vacancy contact details

Name: Pieter Erasmus

Position: Recruitment Consultant

Email: pieter.erasmus@tewhatuora.govt.nz

Phone: +64 21 548896