We are Te Whatu Ora-Auckland. We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. 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.
About the Role
Starship Children’s Health (Auckland), the leading provider of child health care in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and the South Pacific, has an exciting opportunity for a 12 month fixed-term, full-time position for Fellow-Paediatric Haematology/Oncology in their Blood and Cancer Service, commencing from January 2026.
This role aims to provide high quality Paediatric Haematology/Oncology practice in the inpatient, outpatient and outreach settings, undertake and/or participate in research activities appropriate to the service, supervise junior medical staff and ensure they are accountable for their practise and performance and participate in on-call roster with other Paediatric Haematology/Oncology staff.
For further details about the role, please refer to the Position Description here
About the Team/Service/Location
The Starship Blood and Cancer Centre serve a population of over 3 million and is located within Starship Child Health, Grafton, Auckland. The centre provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and long-term follow-up for children and adolescents with cancer and non-malignant haematological conditions.
The service is multidisciplinary, which reflects the wide-ranging impact a diagnosis of childhood cancer may have on a child and family. Nurses, doctors, social workers, play specialists, teachers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, Kaiatawhai (Maori Support Liaison), Pacific Island support workers, child psychologists and psychiatrists are all important and integral to our service.
The acute component of the service involves initial diagnosis and management, treatment of complications of therapy and assessment during treatment. The chronic component includes long term follow-up of children and young people, both for recurrence and late effects of therapy. Palliative care caters for the physical and psychological needs of dying children and their families.
The service also provides a comprehensive Haemopoietic Stem Cell (Bone Marrow Transplant and CORD) Transplant service for New Zealand. There are over 100 new malignant diagnoses a year and we provide a national service for allogeneic stem cell transplantation. In addition, we manage a wide variety of non-malignant haematological conditions including haemophilia and the transfusion dependent anaemias.
The successful applicant would work within a large multi-disciplinary team including 11 SMOs. Responsibilities include in and outpatient clinical work, supervision and teaching of junior staff. There will be protected time for a designated research project.
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About you
This job would be suitable for an advanced trainee in Paediatrics who may want to subspecialise in haematology or oncology, but also for an individual who anticipates regional general paediatric practice with an interest in shared care for the haematology/oncology patients.
To be successful, you must be registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand and be registered, or eligible for such registration (General Registration). 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
For more information about the position or the selection process, please contact Dr Mark Winstanley, Service Clinical Director-Starship Blood and Cancer service, MWinstanley@adhb.govt.nz
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. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
The Starship Children’s Health Rautaki strategy strives to deliver the obligation to protect the whakapapa of children and their families, supporting in a mokopuna-centric, whānau-focused and whānau-led approach. Service delivery is guided by the Enabling Good Lives (EGL) principles.
To apply, please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 13 May 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Honey Pillai, Recruitment Consultant-Starship, Honey.Pillai@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.
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| Reference | ADHB22658 |
|---|---|
| Posted on | 29/04/2025 |
| Closes on | 13/05/2025 |
| Location | Auckland City Hospital |
| Expertise | Haematology |
| This position is a Core Children's worker under the Children's Act & requires full safety checks completed before any new employee starts | |
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