Southland Hospital

Southern DHB is currently seeking applications from RMOs interested in joining the team at Southland Hospital as a Medical Registrar.

The role

Southland Hospital Department of Medicine is fully staffed with New Zealand trained General Physicians, many of whom are also qualified in various subspecialties. All medical patients are admitted to General Medicine, unlike larger hospitals where some patients are siphoned off to specialty inpatient teams. This ensures excellent breadth and depth of exposure to a wide range of medical conditions. We maintain the care for acutely unwell patients including those requiring ICU admission, which means that advanced trainees can satisfy the high acuity requirement of their training by doing General Medicine at Southland, rather than having to do a separate high acuity run.

We will upskill you in managing non-invasive ventilation, administering Thrombolysis therapy, and pleural procedures as we offer a truly all-encompassing General Medicine experience. We operate on a six team model so each team is on call one day per week. We also have a robust system for dividing workload of acute patients, and generally limit the post take ward round numbers to a maximum of 10 patients to ensure a better experience for patients and their medical teams. The acute workload is not onerous and ensures a quality training experience and consistently desirable job satisfaction.

There is opportunity for exposure to ambulatory work within the onsite subspecialties provided by the dual trained General Physicians which include Cardiology, Respiratory, Endocrinology, Nephrology and Gastroenterology. All other medical subspecialties are covered by visiting consultants from Dunedin Hospital, and there is ample time and opportunity to nuture any subspecialty interests amongst trainees alongside their General Medicine experience.

We have a comprehensive high quality in house education programme which involves weekly journal club, morbidity and mortality meetings, x-ray conferences, and case presentations. There is formal regional registrar teaching every Thursday afternoon aimed at preparing trainees for the FRACP written examination. The teaching programme is well attended by registrars who are consistently able to attend due to the very manageable workloads. We also have an onsite medical library.

Southland Hospital is accredited for two years of basic training and one year of advanced training. We have a superb track record with getting trainees successfully through both written and clinical exams. We are an FRACP clinical examination venue and have FRACP examiners on site within the department.

The consultant team is very friendly and supportive and able to cater on an individual basis for trainees at every level of training from first year registrars up to those about to become Consultants. We can provide a truly superior, high quality General Medicine training experience. In combination with enviable work life balance, this makes for a very attractive medical registrar position.

Requirements

Whilst we are interested in receiving applications from those with Medical Registrar experience, RMO's with a minimum of one years' post qualification experience and good exposure to general medical runs can apply.

• You must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand, and be eligible for general or provisional general registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand. You can check your eligibility for registration by visiting the Council's website at www.mcnz.org.nz
• Please note that your application must contain the following:
• Up to date electronic copies of your CV and cover letter
• Contact details for three Consultants we may contact directly for references. These Consultants should have supervised your day-to-day clinical work and one of the referees provided must be from your current or most recent employer. Please ensure you advise your referees of their nomination so they are aware they will be contacted by Southern DHB.

Candidates who are not currently registered with the New Zealand Medical Council should be aware that it is a requirement of the NZ Medical Council that your qualifications are approved through EPIC. If you have a commitment to working in New Zealand it is highly recommended that you start this process as soon as possible so as to allow your subsequent registration to be undertaken in a timely fashion. For more information please visit MCNZ website re EPIC Credentialing.

Do you currently work for Southern DHB? If so, please apply for this role via the internal careers site.

Pre-employment checks

In the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to the following:

• Occupational health assessment
• Police vetting / Ministry of Justice safety checks
• Serious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)

Covid vaccination requirements

Following the update to COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021, to be employed with Southern DHB you will be required to be fully vaccinated and have received a booster vaccine against COVID-19. You will need to provide proof of this to Occupational Health staff.

To apply

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/job-invite/15463/