• Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital
• Full-time (1.0 FTE), Rostered and Rotating Shifts
• Fixed Term - 12 month attachment commencing February 2025

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role

Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers Memorial Hospital is searching for Anaesthetic Registrar to join our cohesive, friendly and supportive team for a period of 12 months.

We are committed to ongoing education and improvement of our service and actively support RMOs and interdisciplinary team education. The Department is approved by ANZCA for 2 years of vocational training in anaesthesia.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The successful candidate would join a team of 11 Registrars and around 30 Specialists to enhance the Anaesthetic Department according to their training and experience, and would also participate in the out-of-hours service.

Our Anaesthetic Department boasts eight operating theatres, including two dedicated acute facilities. We extend our services to various medical procedures, ensuring a comprehensive approach to patient care by providing services for radiology, interventional gastroenterology (ERCP, selected upper and lower GI scopes), interventional vascular procedures, as well as a lithotripsy bus, and ophthalmological and ENT procedures at our neighbouring facility. We also provide an intrapartum epidural service for delivery suite which has around 2000 deliveries per annum, as well as an hospital wide acute pain service and anaesthetic pre-admission clinic.

Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital is situated in Hastings on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is a large, secondary level, 400-bed accredited public facility providing acute and elective care for a region of over 176,000 people.

We have a collegial work environment with a range of surgical and medical specialties, including paediatrics, O&G and bolstered by a strong regional ICU team, serving a diverse patient population.

This is a great opportunity to enjoy work, and an enviable lifestyle in the wonderful Hawke's Bay. 

About you

• Suitable for Resident Medical Officers who will be PGY3 or above
• Process a minimum of three years’ post-qualification experience
• Be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Medical Council of New Zealand
• Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
• Experience in projects / initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings 

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion 

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply for the role please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 8 December 2024.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact the RMO Recruitment Consultant at rmo.recruitment@hbdhb.govt.nz.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.