Obstetric Medicine Fellow

• Join New Zealand’s largest academic tertiary hospital
• Opportunity to gain specialist-level skills
• Opportunity to join from Feb 2026 to Jan 2027

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.

The Opportunity

Obstetric Medicine (Maternal Medicine) is an exciting and challenging subspecialty of internal medicine which integrates care by obstetric physicians (specialists in internal medicine) with that of the multidisciplinary team consisting obstetricians, maternal fetal medicine specialists, midwives and allied health workers, to provide care for women with medical problems in pregnancy or women who develop medical complications during pregnancy.

Obstetric Medicine is well-established at NWH and provides the following:

• Specialist evaluation, diagnosis and treatment for women with a wide range of medical disorders including diabetes, congenital and acquired cardiac, haematological, respiratory, renal, hepatobiliary, oncological and neurological conditions as well as obstetric-related conditions such as preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, and cholestasis of pregnancy.
• The only formal full time, accredited training position for Obstetric Medicine in New Zealand (with certification issued by the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand, SOMANZ). 

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

About you

You will need to have:

• Previous Obstetric Medicine experience.
• Advanced Trainee or Fellow of RACP (or equivalent college or international trainee)
• NZMC General Registration
• Approval from RACP (or equivalent college) as eligible for Advanced Training or post FRACP training.
• Be motivated and willing to contribute to a busy unit
• Intend to pursue a career in reproductive medicine

For more information about this role please contact Ian Kando – Clinical Lead, Obstetric Medicine via IanK@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 8^th of June 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’ll be reviewing applications and conducting interviews as they come in, so the position may close before the listed deadline. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON 13^TH OF JUNE 2025