Nau mai, haere mai ki Starship Child Health! Starship Child Health, Auckland, New Zealand is inviting applications for a 12-month surgical fellowship position in Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac surgery commencing from March 2025.
Work in New Zealand's premier children's hospital for a National Service Fixed-term, full-time role Great opportunity to train in a setting with world-leading surgical, medical, ICU and anaesthetic care. The role's primary purpose is to provide advanced training and experience in Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at Starship Hospital.
In this role, you will work closely with a highly skilled and dedicated team of cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, registrars, and nursing staff managing a wide range of acute conditions with multidisciplinary input.
You will have a high level of autonomy with supervised on-call work and will be actively involved in the supervision of registrars and other unit activities. Clinical research will be strongly encouraged.
The Greenlane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service (PCCS) is a national service based at Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland. It is the sole provider of cardiology and cardiac surgical services for infants, children, and adults with congenital and acquired heart disease in New Zealand and several Pacific Island nations.
The unit has a catchment population of four and a half million and we are performing over 400 cases per year, of which 350 are bypasses. Twenty percent of the procedures are performed in neonates and 15% are adult congenital operations. Current outcomes are excellent with an overall 30-day mortality of below 2% and neonatal mortality of below 4% (including a Norwood program).
Important Skills To be successful in this role, you will require:
MBChB or equivalent FRACS or equivalent / possession of a postgraduate qualification in Surgery Eligible to be registered as a Medical Practitioner in New Zealand Experience in paediatric cardiac surgery Experience in adult cardiac surgery Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand. Preference will be given to New Zealand Citizens and New Zealand residents as per New Zealand employment requirements, though overseas candidates are welcome to apply.
If you are an overseas applicant and have overseas medical qualifications, you will be required to provide EPIC source verification of your qualifications for your registration application.
For more information about the registration process and source verification of qualifications, please visit www.mcnz.org.nz.
How to apply Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role in your cover letter and CV quoting job reference ADHB21919.
To view details about our recruitment process, click here. To apply please click 'apply now' below. If you have any queries about accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please get in touch with Honey Pillai, Recruitment Consultant at ******.
Advert Closes: Thursday, 12 December 11:59 pm (New Zealand Standard Time).
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