Emergency Medicine Physician

North Island - Taranaki; New Plymouth; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Taranaki is seeking Emergency Medicine Specialists to work across Taranaki Base Hospital in New Plymouth and Hawera Hospital. The role involves rotating between sites with a structured six-week roster including around 18 shifts.

You will contribute to a high-quality emergency service, support CME activities, and participate in education and assessment of junior staff and students within a supportive regional team.

Qualifications

• Provide emergent care for the district and manage a wide range of presentations.
• Participate in teaching and assessment of junior medical staff and students.
• Engage in ongoing CME activities and contribute to the training program.

Responsibilities

• Work between Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth and Hawera Hospital.
• Support the roster with ~18 shifts over a six-week cycle.
• Collaborate with other specialists to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Emergency medicine

FACEM training

Education

FACEM fellowship

Job description

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North Island - Taranaki – New Plymouth, North Island

Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth, and Hawera Hospital, South Taranaki Rural Health, Hawera

• Join a team of 22 FACEM and other emergency medicine trained specialists
• Providing a 24/7 service with approximately 39,000 and 18,000 patient visits per year
• Accredited by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine to deliver 24 months Registrar training

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

Emergency Medicine Specialists work between two sites at Taranaki Base Hospital, located in New Plymouth, and Hawera Hospital, located 1-hour drive south. The roster involves approximately 18 shifts over a six-week period.

You are supported locally by nearly all medical and surgical specialties, and have mid-level providers, junior doctors and medical students working or rotating through them.

The accredited training programme has been successful with trainees recently passing their fellowship exams.

There is provision for ample paid CME and vacation leave to take when you want to take time for fun or learning.

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

About you

In Taranaki you would:

• Provide emergent care for the entire district
• See a full range of patient presentations
• Work closely with other specialists to achieve the best care possible for your patients, and build more than surface level relationships with colleagues
• Be enjoying the enthusiasm and refining your training talents when helping develop junior staff and students in the departments.
• Expectation you will participate in education and assessment of junior medical staff and students

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community.We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.