Fellow - Maternal Fetal Medicine

• Join New Zealand’s largest academic tertiary hospital
• Enjoy our relaxed lifestyle with proximity to the beautiful Auckland Domain
• Opportunity to join from 3 August 2025 to 1 February 2026

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

The Maternal Fetal Medicine Service provides a regional service to 40,000 pregnant women and Fetal Therapy and Fetal Cardiac Services to New Zealand and some Pacific Islands (65,000 pregnancies). The hospital has a close association with the Auckland University Faculty of Health Sciences and has a leading role in research, undergraduate teaching and post graduate training.

We are only one of four units in Australasia that can offer such a unique opportunity which includes: 

• Active research programmes;
• New Zealand Maternal Fetal Medicine Network - established in 2009 with support from the Ministry of Health to promote excellent MFM services around New Zealand;
• National Women’s Health is RANZCOG accredited for Specialist Maternal Fetal Medicine Training (two positions);
• Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialists supervise research undertaken by trainees and are leading both local and multicentre research programs.
• The position will encompass a mix of maternal and fetal medicine, delivery suite and on call commitments.

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

About you

To be successful in this role you should be within 1 year of reasonable expectation of vocational registration in O&G with the Medical Council of NZ. As a NZ Integrated Training Programme trainee of RANZCOG, you will either have been awarded FRANZCOG within the past 2 years or eligible for FRANZCOG within 12 months of appointment. 

This role will provide you:

• The opportunity for research, undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training in association with the Auckland University Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and Auckland University School of Medicine.
• High quality training towards RANZCOG CMFM in accredited training positions

This is genuinely an outstanding and challenging clinical leadership opportunity within the NZ Public Health Sector. If this opportunity interests you, we would like to hear from you.

For more information about this role please contact Richard Pole - Service Clinical Director (Regional Maternity Services) via RPole@adhb.govt.nz

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by the 7th of May 2025. If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, or require information in an accessible format, please contact, Jeanine Taccad, Recruitment Consultant via Jeanine.Taccad@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz to discuss how we can best support your application.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON 16^TH MAY 2025