Advanced Trainee in General Medicine - Annual Recruitment 2024/2025 Year at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waikato, Waikato

Advanced Trainee in General Medicine

Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital – New Zealand

The details:  Permanent 80 Hours (1.0 FTE) – flexible hours can be negotiated

Salary details: As per RDA or STONZ Collective Agreements

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Waikato General Medicine service has seen considerable growth over the last 10 years and has the executive mandate and support to continue to grow.

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

Are you an energetic and forward thinking Advanced Trainee? If you think that you possess the right skills and attributes that will make a difference, then why not think about joining our team here in the beautiful Waikato region of New Zealand.

There is plenty of opportunity for you to make a real difference and to be actively involved with future growth within the service. The individual will need to demonstrate an ability to contribute to the development and implementation of new models of care, and will need to have a critical, analytical and leadership skills to see that tasks are completed to fruition. Research and teaching opportunities could be available.

We also provide opportunities for innovation in the delivery of specialist services for our diverse and geographically spread populations.

Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified candidates for Advanced Training positions in General Medicine.  We are currently accredited for four Advanced Trainees in General Medicine, and have core and non-core rotations in the below sub-specialties at Waikato Hospital.

• Cardiology
• Diabetes
• Endocrinology
• Geriatric Medicine
• Haematology
• Medical Oncology
• Renal
• Respiratory
• Rheumatology

Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

General Medicine currently has nine inpatient teams working across the Acute Medical Unit and five homewards.

There are currently four Advanced Trainee positions in General Medicine.

Mōu | About you

The required skills and experience you will need to be considered for this role are:

• Vocational registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand or be eligible to apply for Provisional Vocational Registration.
• Knowledge and understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Eligible applicants must have passed the RACP clinical examination OR have passed the part 1 written examination with plans to sit the clinical exam in 2023/2024.

He aha Waikato

Waikato is the fourth largest region in Aotearoa New Zealand and located just south of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It features a wide range of world-class outdoor and cultural experiences. You can surf the world-famous beaches of Whāingaroa Raglan, swim at the beautiful beaches of the Kapanga Coromandel, hike our majestic mountain ranges, tour the Hobbiton shire, experience the magic of the Waitomo glow worm caves, and encounter a vast array of flora and fauna at the remarkable Maungatautari Ecological Reserve.

Waikato is the home of the Kiingitanga and rich in Māori culture. Waikato Hospital sits on whenua gifted by Waikato iwi, situated on the banks of the mighty Waikato Awa, Hamilton is New Zealand’s largest metropolitan inland city. Hamilton’s vibrant city centre and rich cultural mix makes it an ideal place to experience the authentic friendly Kiwi lifestyle.

Learn more about living in the mighty Waikato here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Positions in a range of specialties are available, and may become available, over the course of the 2024 – 2025 recruitment process, not necessarily just in January 2024, so please register your interest.  We encourage you to contact individual training directors to discuss your application.  Please note that separate registrations of interest are required for each speciality – please check out the other advertisements on our website.

Please apply directly online, attaching an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae, cover letter and three references, one of which must be from your current or most recent Clinical Supervisor. Applications are not able to be accepted via email.

Reference form

Advanced Trainee positions are contestable; they are subject to a competitive interview process.

For further information and general queries, please contact Dr Chris Giedt, Head of Department, General and Acute Medicine at his email address Christopher.Giedt@waikatodhb.health.nz. 

Closing date: 9 June 2023

COVID-19:

A national Vaccination Policy which includes COVID19 is under development. In the interim, a Health and Safety Risk Assessment against the requirements of the role will apply to unvaccinated candidates and employees and appropriate risk mitigation (e.g. extra PPE, RAT testing) may be taken as a result. Please note that when a Vaccination Policy is introduced it will apply to this role and need to be supported.

Position Description: Advanced Trainee Registrar - General and Acute Medicine