CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
WITH A SUB SPECIALTY INTEREST 

Physician - General Medicine
Permanent, fulltime

An exciting opportunity has become available to work as a General Physician and join our diverse Medical Service at Lakes District Hospitals.  Candidates are welcomed with an interest in Infectious Disease and other specialities would be considered.

Our excellent team provide medical services for the Lakes District with a population of 120000.  Lakes District has two hospital sites with a bed base for Acute Medical Admissions of 72 across two sites. 
 
We are seeking a new member of the team to ensure we provide consistent and excellent care to our community.
 
Existing specialities include:
 
General and Acute medicine
Respiratory
Gastroenterology 
Neurology
Cardiology
Palliative care
Endocrinology and diabetes
Healthcare of the elderly
Foeto-Maternal Medicine
Oncology
Haematology
Renal medicine via a visiting service
Medical Dermatology
 
The participants roles will be divided into an off-ward role 66% of the time where elective work is undertaken and on wards 33% of the time managing inpatients. The on-call rota means working approximately 6 weekends a year.
  
Rotorua hospital is responsible for the teaching and supervision of 4th and 6th year medical students and medical registrars in training: you will be expected to help support this learning. 

Rotorua is in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand and surrounded by many lakes and an abundance of native forest: this provides for excellent water based sports and fantastic hiking, walking and mountain bike activities. Rotorua is located one hour from the east coast beaches and two hours from the ski fields of Mount Ruapehu. This position offers you the opportunity to balance a rewarding medical practice with an amazing life style.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for applicants with specialist training in general internal medicine that are either vocationally registered with the New Zealand Medical Council (NZMC) or for overseas trained applicants who would be eligible for vocational registration. 
If you share our values of Manaakitanga – Respect and acknowledgement; Integrity and Accountability, and wish to join a great team of enthusiastic people who enjoy working with older people, we would love to meet you. 

For further information please email Nic Crook Nic.Crook@lakesdhb.govt.nz Clinical Director Medicine.
 
 

The above position comes with a relocation remuneration package and CME allowance for successful permanent appointments.

Check out what Rotorua has to offer:
http://www.rotoruanz.com/
http://www.riderotorua.com/
 

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