Consultant Physician(S)

**Consultant Physician**:
**Medical**:
**Nau mai, haere mai ki Ūpoko me Te Karu o Te Ika**

**Location**: Wairarapa Hospital

**Service**: Medical

**Contract**: Permanent

**Salary**: ASMS MECA

**Vacancy Ref # 6217322**

**_ The Wairarapa region offers a fantastic lifestyle for all. With quality schools, strong community spirit, great beaches and rivers, world class vineyards, mountain ranges and rivers, this is a place you can call home._**

**_ Wairarapa Hospital, based in Masterton, is about an hour and a half from Hutt Hospital and Wellington Hospital. Daily rail services link Wairarapa with the Wellington region, including the International Airport and Inter-Island ferry connections._**

Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa provides secondary services for a population of approximately 48,800, 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, Orthopaedics, Urology, Endoscopy, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, as well as Ophthalmic and ENT.

**Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team**

Working at the Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa you will become part of an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed team of health workers providing a modern and innovative approach to healthcare, with the bonus of a healthy balanced lifestyle and opportunities for professional development.

**Moū - About you**

We are seeking a specialist to join our Department of Medicine, currently providing General Internal Medical inpatient and outpatient services plus a range of sub-speciality services to the population of the Wairarapa District Health Board. An interest in respiratory medicine would be an advantage.

This is a permanent full time position working 80 hours per fortnight (1 FTE) with the on call requirement of 1:6.

You will require a strong commitment to comprehensive care encompassed within General Internal Medicine, including full involvement in the acute roster for admission and ongoing care of undifferentiated acute adult hospital presentations. The opportunity to develop a more specialist interest in a sub speciality of General Medicine would be encouraged. You will be eligible for Vocational Scope Registration with the New Zealand Medical Council. Consideration would be given to appointing a Medical Officer (MOSS) with extensive experience in medicine. A diploma in internal medicine would be an advantage as would experience in supporting an HDU setting.

There is also the fantastic opportunity for a suitably qualified applicant to expand your professional scope and take part in the design and delivery of the clinical service. The Clinical Head of Department (CHOD) is the medical leadership role for the service and helps to bring the team together for a unified purpose.

The role will work alongside the Group Managers, other CHODs and Clinical Nurse Leaders, with a design focus to influence and shape multi-disciplinary teams aimed at achieving organisational outcomes.

This permanent position will be 0.1 FTE, (approximately 4 hours per week) in addition to the clinical role.

Essential requirements for this role:

- Registered as a Medical Practitioner with the Medical Council of New Zealand or eligible for registration with the Medical Council to enable practice within New Zealand.
- Holds a higher qualification appropriate to the specialty which is recognised by the Medical Council of New Zealand for specialist registration.
- Proven experience in the position of Consultant Physician

**Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply**

**Closing Date: OPEN (until successful applicant is appointed)