Auckland is New Zealand's largest, diverse and most popular city, nestled on one of the world’s best harbours. It offers a metropolitan lifestyle mixed with the great outdoors; from cafes and restaurants to stunning beaches, parks and marinas providing a beautiful natural landscape that Kiwis are proud of.
Position Highlights
- job based in an accredited, 850-bed, teaching hospital of Auckland University and University of Otago, well-known internationally for world class work in orthopaedics; burns and spinal injury rehabilitation
- other specialist services include neonatal intensive care, renal dialysis, and reconstructive and maxillofacial surgery.
- emergency department is one of the busiest in Australasia with approximately 130,000 adult and paediatric presentations per year
- serves a culturally diverse, high need population with high acuity presentations.
- emergency department is accredited with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) for 36 months of training as a mixed Tier 1 Emergency Departmen t.
- busy Major Trauma Centre seeing approximately 300 major trauma patients (ISS >13) per year as well as acting as the quaternary centre for spinal cord, mangled limb and burns patients.
- hospital is well supported by dedicated Trauma, Burns and Spinal Cord teams and has an active trauma committee that provides governance and oversite.
- provides immediate care for walk in paediatric trauma patients and maintains excellent links with the local cardio thoracic and neurosurgical centres via the Northern Regional Trauma Committee.
- work with a dedicated and friendly team of emergency physicians
- participate in medical student and RMO teaching
- excellent opportunities for CPD and career development
- FRACEM or equivalent qualification
- Eligible for vocational registration within the scope of emergency medicine with the Medical Council of New Zealand or Special Purpose Locum Tenens registration
The remuneration packages defined by the SECA Collective Agreement
- basic salary for a 40 hour week and additional allowances for on Call Duty
- six weeks holiday per year
- 10 days study leave plus an allowance of 16,000 dollars per year
- relocation package covering cost of removal to New Zealand
- superannuation
if this position is of interest to you either on a permanent or local basis please do upload your CV and cover letter for our immediate consideration.