Excellent opportunity to develop your professional practice at Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
Te whiwhinga mahi The Opportunity
Regional Oral and Maxillofacial Service (OMS), part of Surgical Services wishes to appoint an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and invites suitably qualified candidates to apply.
The Oral and Maxillofacial Service (OMS) provides hospital-based, tertiary-level specialist services to 1.6 million people domiciled with the Metro Auckland and Northland District Health Boards of New Zealand.
In this role, you would provide regional acute, elective, and outpatient specialist OMS services whilst working within a dedicated team.
The acute work is heavily weighted towards facial trauma and odontogenic infections. Elective work includes dento-alveolar, TMJ, orthognathic, and benign pathology.
Sub-specialty training and experience in oncological resection and reconstruction would be an advantage. The OMS service works closely with the Hospital and Specialist Dentistry service and their sub-specialties including oral medicine, restorative prosthodontics, orthodontics, and paediatric dentistry.
The successful candidate will share after-hours and weekend on-call work on a roster basis for the 24/7 service. The current OMS team consists of 7 OMS surgeons, 3 dual-qualified College trainee registrars, 1 dual-qualified non-training registrar, 1 dental registrar, 1 dental house officer, and 1 medical house officer.
Auckland is a training centre in OMS surgery, accredited by the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (RACDS). You would have the opportunity to participate in registrar training.
This is a permanent position, and we would consider part-time (minimum 2 weekdays per week) which is primarily based at Middlemore Hospital with some sessions at Greenlane Clinical Centre and Auckland City Hospital.
Several of our incumbent OMS surgeons work part-time in private practice. There are opportunities in Auckland for the successful candidate to do likewise.
Nga Pukenga Motuhake Important Skills
To be eligible for this role, you must hold or be eligible for vocational registration as a specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with the Medical Council and the Dental Council of New Zealand.
You must have an excellent work record, an ability to integrate as part of a team, and a desire for public service.
For more information about this unique opportunity, please contact Mr. Chris Sealey, Service Clinical Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at ******.
Ko wai matou Our Organisation
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand.
Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre, and Starship Children's Hospital, located in central Auckland.
We are part of Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand's national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional, and national levels.
We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ. We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care.
We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngati Whatua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand.
We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.
He aha nga painga o tenei mahi mou Why you will enjoy working here
We recognise there is more to life than mahi work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
Me pehea te tuku tono How to apply
Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role.
If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Kavitha John - Recruitment Consultant at ****** to discuss how we can best support your application.
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