Anaesthetist, Fixed term

at  Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough

Specialist Anaesthetist - Nelson Hospital

• 12 months fixed term from January 2025
• working 30 hours per week (0.75 FTE)
• Make a lifestyle choice - live and work in one of New Zealand’s most beautiful regions
• Join a team of talented individuals who work together to make a positive difference

NGĀ MŌHIOHIO E PĀ ANA KI TĒNEI MAHI (ABOUT THIS POSITION)

Health NZ Nelson Marlborough is looking for a Specialist Anaesthetist to join our team. You will join a team of nineteen experienced and supportive SMO colleagues and one ANZCA trainee. You will be working within a secondary care setting participating in the anaesthetic roster, covering planned care and acute theatre sessions, anaesthesia after-hours on call support, anaesthetic pre-assessment clinics and working as the duty anaesthetist.
In this role, you will provide support to other departments including obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, general surgery, orthopaedics, urology, ENT, ophthalmology, dental, mental health and the emergency department. Our department also provides anaesthesia for visiting subspecialty surgeons in paediatric surgery, paediatric orthopaedic surgery, plastics, and maxillofacial surgery.

KO WAI HE KAITONO TŌTIKA? (WHO IS AN APPROPRIATE APPLICANT?)

We are looking for a specialist who is ready to bring their skills and experience to a smaller provincial hospital and enjoy the lifestyle that this affords. You will be vocationally registered with the NZ Medical Council and hold Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA), or equivalent, or be -eligible for the same. Postgraduate fellowship training is desirable.
Our success is as a whole. Collegiality and collaboration across all disciplines are key to our delivery of a successful service to our patients and our community. A strong sense of community and belonging is reflected in everything we do. If this sounds like the sort of environment that you will thrive in, then we want to hear from you!
Eligibility for registration can be checked via this link https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/getting-registered/tool/.

• Gillian Champion – Service Manager Perioperative Services, Gillian.Champion@nmdhb.govt.nz; or
• Dr Matt Scott, HOD Anaesthetics, matthew.scott@nmdhb.govt.n