Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Location: Wairarapa Hospital

Service: Senior Medical Officers (SMO)

Contract: Permanent, Full time

Salary: As per ASMS MECA dependant on experience

We are committed to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations. We believe in improving, promoting, and protecting the health and well-being of the Wairarapa community.

Welcome to the Wairarapa Region. The Wairarapa region offers a fantastic lifestyle for all. With quality schools, strong community spirit, great beaches, world class vineyards, mountain ranges and rivers, this is a place you can call home. Come and enjoy the great lifestyle the Wairarapa has to offer!

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Wairarapa Hospital provides secondary services for a population of approximately 48,880, providing 24-hour acute and elective care in general and orthopaedic surgery, medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and paediatrics. The hospital operates both Public & Private theatre sessions covering General Surgery, Anaesthetics, Orthopaedics, Urology, Endoscopy, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, as well as Ophthalmic and ENT.

At Wairarapa Hospital you will be one of three General Surgeons in a unit which provides a comprehensive service for the population of the Wairarapa. Wairarapa Hospital also has a close liaison with Selina Sutherland Hospital, an independent private facility, and there may be opportunities for work in this facility.

This is a permanent full time position, working 80 hours (1.0FTE) with an on call requirement of 1 in 4. Applicants must be eligible for Vocational registration with the New Zealand Medical Council. Upper and lower GI endoscopy is a required skill.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

We are committed to clinical excellence in all disciplines; and Senior Medical Staff are encouraged to take part in clinical audits and peer reviews to ensure quality clinical care is provided.

Moū - About you

The ideal candidate will have:

• Registration as a Medical Practioner with the New Zealand Medical Council of New Zealand or eligible for registration with the Medical Council to enable them to practice medicine within New Zealand.
• Higher qualification appropriate to the practice of General Surgery which must be recognised by the Medical Council of New Zealand for vocational or special scope registration as a General Surgeon.
• At least two years Postgraduate general surgery speicality experience.
• Demonstrated colonscopy skills

For further information please contact Kieran McCann, Chief Operating Officer on (021) 181-9980 or email kieran.mccann@wairarapa.dhb.org.nz

Or to learn more about the Wairarapa region please visit any of the following websites:

www.wairarapanz.com Wairarapa main information website

www.wairarapa.dhb.org.nz Wairarapa Hospital Website

www.mstn.govt.nz Information on the local council and area

To learn more about our hospital click-here www.wairarapa.dhb.org.nz

Vacancy Ref # 6008480

Closing Date: 03 September 2022

To apply for this role, please visit www.wairarapadhbjobs.co.nz where you can also obtain a copy of the job description for this role or click on the 'apply now' link. 

The Wairarapa Hospital requires all our employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This includes the booster dose within six months of receiving the second dose of initial vaccination (for some people the initial vaccination will have comprised of three doses). We are not accepting applications that do not meet this criteria.