House Officers

**House Officers (PGY1) Medical & Surgical Clinical Attachments**

**Job Number**:WAI27707**

**House Officers - Various Medical & Surgical Clinical Attachments**

**Waikato Hospital**

**Full-time**

**Fixed Term**
- Applications are invited for House Officer Positions at Waikato District.

PGY1
- We have limited vacancies for PGY1's and preference will be given to those specialities required at the time.

Waikato Hospital is a teaching hospital and the major tertiary referral center providing specialised and emergency healthcare for the Midlands and Waikato area, with patient’s catchment of ~ 1,007,045 people, including 280,170 Maori (28%). It is the only major District in New Zealand to offer all surgical specialties on one campus and is the major trauma hospital for the Midland region.
This is an excellent opportunity to experience what Waikato District has to offer in our large tertiary setting before honing in on a training pathway. We provide an excellent training environment with very good supervision, as well as opportunities for career planning and development as you will gain extensive experience in a wide variety of settings.
Waikato Hospital has 550 (Funded inpatient beds for CCTV, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Renal, Orthopaedics, Surgery, OP&RS) and performs in excess of 34,000 surgical procedures in the last year.
- The number of theatre (for Planning and scheduling purposes we use 52:

- Main: 24
- Procedure Rooms: 3
- Cath: 4
- Endo: 4
- Other (ERB/IntRad): 4
- Thames: 4
- Other Facilities (other hospitals): 9
- On average the Emergency department presentations per day are as follows:

- Waikato: 227
- Taumarunui: 18
- Te Kuiti: 6
- Thames: 48
- Tokoroa: 40
- Located in Hamilton city, the third largest city in North Island; 1½ hours drive south of Auckland, and offers a superb lifestyle and quality of life working environment. As the largest employer in Hamilton, there is a varied and approachable social network based around the hospital. It is within easy reach of both West Coast surfing and East Coast leisure beaches. The Ruapehu Ski-fields are three hours drive away, and there are outstanding opportunities for hiking, sailing, fishing, biking and many other outdoor activities within the Waikato, and throughout New Zealand.
- **Hold a valid certificate of passing NZREX examination, or**:

- **Hold a current Practicing Certificate with the Medical Council of New Zealand, or**:

- **Be eligible for Medical Registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand, or**:

- **Hold a Provisional General Scope of Registration with Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) if you are a NZ/AU Graduate**:

- **Have at least 2 years post graduate experience (internship) from your country of origin or any other comparable health system country**:

- **Hold a valid certificate of passing the Academic Module of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) by achieving a minimum of the following within one result: Minimum required scores: - Speaking 7.0 - Listening 7.0 - Writing 7.0 - Reading 7.0**

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. You can check your eligibility by clicking on the link below **here**.

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.

**_Closing Date: Ongoing_**

**Referee Report - MCNZ RP6**

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