Paediatrician- Te Puaruruhau, Starship Child Health

**Paediatrician - Te Puaruruhau, Starship Child Health**
- Starship - New Zealands premier childrens hospital
- Permanent full-time or part-time position
- Days flexible Monday - Friday with 1 in 6 on-call duties
- Available from now

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**

We have an outstanding opportunity for permanent full-time or part-time role(s) available in our Te Puaruruhau department within Starship Childrens Health.

The primary purpose of the role is to provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and management of patients in an inpatient/ day patient /clinic setting and to collaborate in the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency processes which are central to effective child protection practice. You will be involved in provision of clinical care, teaching and research, administration, service delivery and professional development.

Paediatricians in Te Puaruruhau provide a wide range of health-based child protection services to tamariki, rangatahi and their whānau from the whole of metropolitan Auckland and Aotearoa. This includes acute inpatient and outpatient assessments, 24/7 after-hours call, services to tamariki and rangatahi engaged in statutory child protection processes (Gateway assessments), participation in Family Group Conferences and legal proceedings, peer review, teaching, quality-improvement and research.

For further details, please refer to the **Position Description**.

**About the Team/Service/ Location**

At Te Toka Tumai | **Starship Child Health** is the leading provider of child health care in New Zealand and the South Pacific, providing world-class inpatient, outpatient, trauma, emergency, and urgent care to children and their whānau. We seek to lead New Zealand in paediatric service delivery through the building of our reputation as a national centre of excellence in child health care.

**Te Puaruruhau** is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in multi-disciplinary health-based child protection service for Starship Child Health. We are co-located with the Te Toka Tumai Family Violence Team, Power to Protect (the National Shaken Baby Prevention Program), Police and Oranga Tamariki in Puāwaitahi, a unique multi-agency partnership across the road from Starship Childrens Health at 99 Grafton Road, central Auckland. Here, all agencies work together to address the child protection needs of some of the most vulnerable tamariki and rangatahi in Aotearoa.

**About you**

The successful applicant will have a rare opportunity to contribute and gain experience and expertise in a broad range of child protection practice and to work in close collaboration with Oranga Tamariki and the Police. If it is necessary, further training and skilled supervision can be provided in our dynamic, experienced and highly supportive multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team.

You will have:

- Registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand (without conditions) as a specialist paediatrician, or eligibility for such registration
- Current Annual Practising Certificate with the Medical Council of New Zealand
- Significant experience in child protection paediatrics
- A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori

**Working at Health New Zealand**

Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive childrens hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.

**How to apply**

**Job details**:
**Job Reference**:

ADHB22805**Location**:

- North Island - Auckland - Central Auckland**Job type**:

Permanent Full time**Expertise**:

- Clinical - Senior Medical Officers, Medical Officers and Fellows - Paediatrics**Closes**:

12-Oct-2025