Fellow-general Paediatrics, Starship Child Health

Starship Child Health, Auckland -New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital
- Combine New Zealand's “lifestyle experience” with working in a world-renowned tertiary hospital
- Two fixed-term positions (full-time/part-time) for 12 months
- Expected commencement: January 2026
- Relocation assistance provided

As the General Paediatrics service for Starship Child Health, Te Toka Tumai Auckland, we are part of Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

**About the Role**

Starship Children’s Health (Auckland), the leading provider of child health care in New Zealand and the South Pacific, has an exciting Fellowship opportunity to join the Starship General Paediatrics team commencing from January 2026.

In this role, you will provide clinical leadership for a broad range of childhood presentations to ensure that all children we care for receive excellent and equitable care. The role involves rostered availability as second on-call and first on-call ward rounds with SMO support. You will work in outpatient clinics, providing general paediatric first specialist assessment and follow-up support for children with medical and neurodevelopmental presentations. You will be involved in a variety of non-clinical areas, such as supervision of junior staff, medical education, quality improvement and research. In Starship hospital, you will utilise your expertise by your involvement in clinical guideline and pathway development and medical education. You will actively contribute to the development of General Paediatrics in Auckland and New Zealand.

The role can be tailored to your training needs with regards to outpatient clinics. We can also provide exposure to ADOS play assessments, involvement in the Starship multidisciplinary eating disorder team, as well as management and coordination of care for complex inpatients. This is all done with full SMO support to enable you to develop independent practice for your own future SMO role.

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

**About the Team**

Based at Starship Hospital, Grafton, General Paediatrics provides general paediatric services to the central Auckland population. The Starship General Paediatrics team provides expert care for acutely unwell children on the ward, including eating disorders and also provides general paediatric outpatient services for a broad range of medical and neurodevelopmental needs of children aged from birth to 15 years of age. We are closely connected with the tertiary level medical, surgical, radiology and intensive care services that are provided within Starship Children’s Hospital. General Paediatrics works within a multidisciplinary framework that includes Māori and Pacific Island support workers, Allied Health, Hospital Play Specialists, Social Workers, operational and clerical staff who work closely with the nursing and medical teams.

**About you**

To be successful, you must be registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand or eligible for such registration (General Registration) in time to commence the role in January 2026.

**Working at Health New Zealand**

The Starship Children’s Health Rautaki strategy strives to deliver the obligation to protect the whakapapa of children and their families, supporting in a mokopuna-centric, whānau-focused and whānau-led approach. Service delivery is guided by the Enabling Good Lives (EGL) principles.

**How to Apply**

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