Medical Officer

at  Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Waikato

Job Title: Medical Officer / FACEM / Rural Specialist/Rural Generalist
Where you’ll be working: Tokoroa Hospital
The details: Offering flexible positions - Permanent/ full time/ part time/fixed term

Salary details: Competitive salary on ASMS scale / NZRDA, rural allowance + KiwiSaver superannuation, relocation package, study leave and continuing medical education fund. Reimbursement of fellowship fees, Medical Council fees and indemnity insurance.

• Get a great work life balance and start enjoying work again!
• Join our happy rural hospital team in Tokoroa.
• We will provide you with a wide range of experience within a flexible, multidisciplinary and highly skilled team.
• We are a friendly multidisciplinary team working together to provide high quality healthcare to our rural community. The patient mix is broad with a full range of trauma, medical and minor presentations. The population we serve is diverse with high levels of deprivation and many live in rural and remote communities. This adds to the acuity and complexity of our patient presentations but makes our work even more rewarding.
• You will have many opportunities to develop and grow your skills and scope of practise within the framework of a community and rural hospital based service.
• There is the opportunity to work in the emergency department, on our medical ward and fracture clinic.

KO O TATOU PAINGA | OUR BENEFITS

• This opportunity provides an ideal balance for those seeking diversity in their work, dealing with acute patient cases and facilitating care by assessment, treatment, transfer or admission.
• Our service has an emphasis on collaboration and improvement and you can anticipate a vibrant, co-operative work environment where employees have opportunities to prosper.
• Senior medical officer support is excellent and new staff will have abundant opportunities to gain emergency procedural experience and career advancement.
• Senior medical officers will be able to attend up to 2 weeks fully funded medical education and take 6 weeks annual leave as required.
• Relocation package
• Reimbursement of memberships and medical licenses required for practice.

WHAT DOES TE WHATU ORA, WAIKATO OFFER YOU?

Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato operates over a number of sites. Hamilton City (Waikato Hospital) is our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals (Tokoroa, Taumarunui, Te Kuiti and Thames) are located across the region. This opportunity is located in Tokoroa, where we are close to sprawling forests, lakes and nearby cities such as Taupo, Hamilton and Auckland. If your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please click here.

• As part of our Health New Zealand family, you will benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside your Health New Zealand benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and access to Health New Zealand staff discount schemes.
• If you are looking for fantastic work life balance, we guarantee it.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

• As part of our Health New Zealand family, you will benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside your Health New Zealand benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and access to Health New Zealand staff discount schemes.
• If you are looking for fantastic work life balance, we guarantee it.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce