ICU Registrar - Annual Recruitment 2026/2027 at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waikato, Waikato

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Role: ICU Registrar, based at Waikato Hospital
• Permanent Fulltime
• Have at least 3 years’ experience including some experience in ICU or Anaesthetics.
• Are you ready for an exciting opportunity for 2026?
• Be a part of a busy but supportive team

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

Applications are invited for Registrars looking to join the Critical Care team at Waikato Hospital for the 2026/2027 training year.

The Waikato Hospital Critical Care Unit is a vibrant and exciting place to work. The critical care department is made up of 16 intensive care beds and 12 HDU beds in a modern purpose built facility. New technology surrounds this department. Registrars work across the critical care looking after arguably the broadest range of patients in New Zealand. The patient population includes a large volume trauma centre, a neurosurgical ICU, cardiac surgery ICU, general adult ICU and limited paediatric ICU. Registrars are involved in transport across the Te Manawa Taki regional hospitals by helicopter, plane and road.

Registrars are expected to work hard but will reap the rewards of experience with procedures and development of important decision making skills

Please note - it is your responsibility to provide three current references. To print off the referee report, please click on the "Reference form" icon below. Please ask your and attach them to your application.

If you are an overseas doctor would you please visit the Medical Council of New Zealand web site to ensure that your qualifications meet their criteria for registration to practice medicine in New Zealand. 

The direct link to their self-assessment page is: www.mcnz.org.nz/get-registered/registration-self-assessment-tool/

You will need to complete the six questions to ascertain whether or not you are eligible for registration in NZ. If you do not have access to do the self-assessment test on-line you can contact the MCNZ by telephone: +64 4 384 7635.

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Only those short listed will be contacted.

About the Team/Service

Waikato Hospital Critical care unit is ideal for those training in intensive care or who are considering this specialty as a future career and is backed by C24 accreditation from the College of Intensive Care Medicine and a supportive specialist and senior registrar staff. Weekly teaching involves specialists and registrars and bed side teaching is the norm including teaching in echocardiography.

About you

As a ICU Registrar, you will ideally be;

• PGY3 or equivalent at the time of application.
• If applying from PGY 2, you must have completed at least three acute runs during PGY 1&2 years, preferably including Emergency Medicine, acute Medicine and/or acute General Surgery.
• Preference will be given to those with clinical experience at registrar level, especially prior to Critical Care work.
• Eligible to work in New Zealand

This role gives experience in patient assessment and resuscitation, learning to manage the acutely ill and injured patients, and includes some paediatric high dependency level patients. You will be actively involved in the hospital wide MET (Medical Emergency Team) and attend Cardiac arrest calls, take patient referrals and work within Critical Care. The nature of Critical Care work is physically, mentally and emotionally demanding with a patient mortality rate higher than other roles in the hospital. However, you get to be part of a multidisciplinary team with good collegiality providing support and active teaching.

How to Apply

To apply please click “Apply online” or apply via our Waikato Careers website by clicking here.All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal before 11:59 pm on 9 June 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Karlien Bouwer at Karlien.Bouwer@Waikatodhb.health.nz.

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