Intensive Care - Wellington - ref. n43327515

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  • About the roleIntensive Care Fellow / CICM Transition Year Fellow / Senior Registrar12 month position, starting 28 July 2025 (January start not available in 2025)Wellington Hospital/Wakefield HospitalSalaries are calculated based on relevant previousyears of experience and the average weekly hours of work as set out in therelevant run description.
For the current salary bands, please refer to eitherthe Specialty Trainees of New Zealand (SToNZ) or ResidentDoctors
  • Association (RDA) Multi-EmployerCollective Agreements.Please note that the existing run description hasbeen attached as a guideline only.

Weanticipate opening our additional 12 bed HDU at the beginning of 2025.

This will necessitate a change to our currentroster (and an increase in the number of registrars participating in thisroster).
This roster is currently indraft format, and will be sent to affected registrars once it isformalised.
There may possibly also be achange to the fellow roster.
The rosterchange will follow the RDA and STONZ principles regarding change management(including acceptance by majority of those affected).
However the principles of the fellowfunctioning at SMO level for the majority of shifts will still apply.Mō tō mātou rōpū
  • About our teamNew Zealand
  • s capital city, Wellington is a vibrant place to live and work and has repeatedly been voted as New Zealand
  • s top lifestyle city.
Wellington is considered cultural and creative hub of the country and hosts numerous cultural events as well as live theatre, music and festivals.

We are renowned for our caf culture, nightlife, fantastic restaurants, sparkling harbour, surf spots, amazing views, outdoor activities and close proximity to vineyards ensuring you are never short of activities to do outside of working hours.

For more information about living in Wellington, visit the Discover Wellington websiteOur Hospitals and Services Join our fellow 615 Resident MedicalOfficers employed by the 3 District Health Boards of the Wellington Region(Capital & Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa DHB
  • s) to gain leadingexperience, medical supervision and training.Wellington Regional and Kenepuru HospitalsWellington ICU provides tertiary Intensive Careservices for over one million people in central New Zealand covering ageographic radius of 300 kilometres, including the lower North Island and upperSouth Island.

We support six other public hospitals that have Intensive CareUnits and one hospital that does not.

To manage such a large area we run a busyFlight Retrieval Service with the capability to provide Intensive Care-levelretrievals around the clock.The ICU is a 24-bed unit providing generalintensive care as well as supporting sub-speciality services including cardiothoracics& cardiology, neurosurgery, paediatric surgery, and trauma.

Each bedspace is equipped to provide either Intensive or High Dependency level care toboth medical and surgical (post-operative) patients.

Our service is stronglyconsultant-led and consultant ward rounds are performed three times a day onweek days (8am, 4pm and 9pm) and twice a day during the weekend (8am and 9pm).We admit almost 2000 patients every year of which40% are elective (including approximately 600 cardiothoracic patients).Approximately 8% of our admissions are paediatrics.

The median length of stayfor patients is 40 hours.

For more information see the Wellington ICUwebsite: www.wellingtonICU.comWellington ICU14 Registrar positions, and four fellow positions (suitable for CICM transition year fellows), along with four additional Wakefield / Wellington ICU registrars with a non clinical fellowship attached.

We support a mixture of trainees rotating from anaesthesia, medicine, emergency medicine and surgery, as well as College of Intensive Care Medicine trainees;The four fellow positions fulfil the College of Intensive Care Medicine requirements for Transition year training;The opportunity to gain experience in ICU non-clinical roles including education, simulation, research, trauma, aeromedical, echocardiographyProvides a regional helicopter/fixed wing based retrieval service for central NZ in which our registrars are involved;A strong research focus
  • working in our department provides the opportunity to be involved in critical care research that will change practice around the world;An excellent teaching program with multidisciplinary input led by senior clinicians, regular simulation training and we run the Wellington Intensive Care Medicine course, a very popular ICU part 2 preparation course.Always have at least two registrars rostered on and our roster ensures that more junior registrars are well supported.Moū
  • About youSuitable for doctors who are final year trainees in the CICM training program, or are at fellowship level for other related speciality programs, or are looking for post-training Fellowship opportunitiesCandidates should be working at an advanced level within ICU as this role partakes in the after-hours roster working on call in a supervisory capacity (supported and supervised by our ICU specialists)You must have eligibility for general or provisional general registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand.
Information on the process of application for this can be found on their website at http://www.mcnz.org.nz/get-registered/registration-self-assessment-tool/You will need to be a NZ or Australian citizen or resident, or have an appropriate visa to be eligible to live and work in NZ.
The immigration NZ website can be found at https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visasPlease note
  • important information for overseasgraduates who are applying: The MCNZ has introduced a new method ofprimary source verification using the EducationalCommission for Foreign Medical Graduates
  • Electronic Portfolio of InternationalCredentials (ECFMG
  • s EPIC) service.
if youare successful in obtaining a role in New Zealand, you will be required to haveyour primary medical degree verified through EPIC.
Before MCNZ will startprocessing your application, you must have had your documents verified by EPIC.If you have would like more information about primary-source verification,please see MCNZs website or EPIC
  • s FAQ webpage.E pā ana ki a tatou
  • About usHere at the Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast, HuttValley & Wairarapa districts we embrace diversity and welcome applicationsfrom all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexualorientations, disability and religions.
A workforce that is diverse and inclusivemeans that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.To find out more about us click on the followinglinks:Capital and Coast DistrictHuttValley DistrictWairarapaDistrictMe pēhea te tuku tono
  • How to applyClick the apply now button to send your applicationdirectly to us.
For further information on this role please emailRMO_Recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number inthe subject line.

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