Nau mai, haere mai ki Starship Child Health!
· New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital
· Permanent, Part-time role (0.8 FTE/32 hours per week)
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
Applications are invited for a Paediatric Nephrologist at Starship Children’s Health. This is a permanent position working 0.8 full-time equivalents (32 hours per week). This is your chance to join our dedicated multidisciplinary team consisting of 3.6 full-time equivalent consultants, 3 nurse specialists, 3 dietitians and other allied health professionals providing a high-quality clinical service. The person will participate in all aspects of clinical service, teaching, and quality assurance activities. Opportunities for clinical research include collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Auckland and Australian and International Paediatric Nephrology colleagues.
The Starship Paediatric Kidney Service is a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers committed to providing whānau-centred care. This is accomplished through in-person, virtual, telehealth, and outreach-based outpatient care and Starship-based inpatient care for Mokopuna throughout Aotearoa with kidney disease.
Starship Child Health is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand, serving a population of approximately 1 million children. It provides quaternary specialist care for all children in the country and the islands of the South Pacific. The Department of Paediatric Nephrology offers comprehensive renal care to children throughout New Zealand and is the only referral centre for general paediatric nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation. The service has an extensive outreach support programme to serve children with kidney disease in all regions of the country. The institution is situated on the same site as the adult hospital, enabling close relationships with the adult renal and transplant services.
For further details, please refer to the Position Description.
Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills
To be successful, Vocational training in paediatric nephrology is required and must be at least equivalent to nephrology training as prescribed by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. The successful applicant must be eligible for specialist registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand. The applicant must have significant clinical experience in the provision of all modalities of renal replacement therapy and all aspects of renal transplantation. The successful applicant will have regular contact with children and young persons under the age of 16 and will be subject to the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014.
The salary package is as per the New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Senior Medical and Dental Officers Collective Agreement and will be commensurate with the degree of clinical experience and post-graduate qualifications of the applicant.
For more information about the role please contact Dr Helen Evans, Service Clinical Director - Paediatric Medical Specialities atHEvans@adhb.govt.nz
Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai 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.
Te Toka Tumai | Starship Child Health is the leading provider of child health care in New Zealand and the South Pacific, providing world-class inpatient, outpatient, trauma, emergency, and urgent care to children and their whānau. Starship is part of Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We seek to lead New Zealand in paediatric service delivery through the building of our reputation as a national centre of excellence in child health care.
He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here
New Zealand is a land of unique culture, outstanding natural beauty and breathtaking scenery. Whatever your interest, there is a huge opportunity for all manner of pursuits. Auckland is the largest city in NZ and offers a great diversity of people and experiences with beaches, mountains, concerts, sports, museums, shopping and dining. More information about living and working in New Zealand is available at https://www.live-work.immigration.govt.nz/
We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai | Auckland.
For more information on what we offer, please click here.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
Please submit your application online, with your latest CV and Cover letter quoting job reference EOI-21584
To view details about our recruitment process, click here.
If you have any queries about accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Honey Pillai, Recruitment Consultant at HPillai@adhb.govt.nz
Advertising Closes: Sunday, 1 September; Time 11:59 pm (New Zealand Standard Time).
Reference | EOI-21584 |
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Posted on | 26/08/2024 |
Closes on | 01/09/2024 |
Location | Auckland City Hospital |
Expertise | Paediatrics |
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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