Senior Medical Officer - Respiratory Services at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Southern, OtagoSenior Medical Officer - Respiratory Services Salary: Base salary from ASMS 2024 (NZD 185,380 - 267,980)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, whanau-centred care, and excellence.
About the role Joining the team at Dunedin Hospital, you will provide a mixture of inpatient and outpatient services and interface with respiratory labs. Direct clinical service will normally be based on 10 sessions of nominally 4.0 hours duration between Monday to Friday. This role will include participation in the after-hours respiratory rosters for weeknights and weekends.
The department of Respiratory Medicine is actively involved in teaching and accredited for postgraduate training by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). Affiliated with the Dunedin School of Medicine, we actively support 4th, 5th and final year students within the department, with Physicians providing Honorary Senior Lecturer roles within the University of Otago. We currently have five other respiratory physicians across the district. On either site, the respiratory service has certified Respiratory Physiologists providing a wide range of diagnostic tests including challenge testing. There are also Sleep Physiologists on both sites responsible for the diagnosis, fitting and ongoing care of patients in our community with CPAP and NIV units. There will be a requirement to undertake rural clinics.
About you You will need to be, or be eligible for, vocational registration as a respiratory physician by the New Zealand Medical Council, including having Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Physicians or an equivalent and accepted international qualification that enables specialist registration with the MCNZ, allowing you to start in this role in the required timeframe.
You will also need the following: Competency with te ao Maori, tikanga, and te reo Maori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growthExperience in projects/initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principles and frameworks, and the application of Matauranga Maori and Kaupapa Maori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settingsWorking 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 is 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 whanau 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 Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.Salary range This role belongs to the ASMS Collective Agreement and falls between the Step 1 ($185,380) and Step 15 ($267,980 per annum pro rata).
How to apply To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 20 December 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Agatha Chen, Recruitment Advisor - Senior Medical Officers at ******.
Please note, we will be reviewing applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.
In the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to the following: Occupational health assessmentPolice vetting/Ministry of Justice safety checksSerious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)Employer: Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Southern
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