• Wellington Region – Wellington Hospital, Hutt Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital (clinics at Kapiti and Masterton)
• Diabetes and Endocrine Service
• Permanent, part-time role
• Salary as per ASMS SECA

Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the role

We are currently seeking part-time Diabetes and Endocrine Senior Medical Officers to join our District Diabetes and Endocrine Service.

The Diabetes and Endocrine Senior Medical Officer (SMO) role is a dynamic and broad role providing expert level patient care regarding the investigation, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diabetic and endocrine related conditions. The clinical duties also involve training and supervision of RMOs, active participation in quality improvement, resource and activity management, leadership and clinical engagement with other services

About our team

The District Diabetes and Endocrine Service covers all sites within the district. The primary locations of work are Wellington Regional Hospital, Hutt Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital and also does some clinics in Kapiti and Masterton as required.

Diabetes and Endocrine Service is to be a centre of excellence empowering health professionals, patients and their whānau to maximise their ability to self-manage their diabetes or endocrine related health.

The service has four inter-related components:

• Endocrine specialist care
• Diabetes specialist care
• Specialist diabetes community management and nursing support service
• Diabetes Research Centre

The service is committed to equitable and high quality prevention, assessment and specialised diabetes and endocrine care. Our mission is to ensure that every person in our district living with diabetes has equitable access and the resources to manage.

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.

About you:

• Vocationally registered in Internal Medicine (Endocrinology) with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
• FRACP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZ
• Experience in the delivery of Diabetes and Endocrine care to comply with all regulations (NZ) and International Best Practise (HGSA)
• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
• Relevant experience and training

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We’re dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

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 Sandra Tam sandra.tam@ccdhb.org.nz

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

We are not accepting recruitment agency’s applicants.

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