General Medicine Physician - Whakatane Hospital

• Whakatāne Hospital
• Fixed-Term until September 2025
• Part-time (0.5FTE)

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

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Medical consultant with strong skills and experience in acute medicine, an interest in training and growing junior medical staff and a commitment to growth in secondary health service delivery to meet current and future health care needs within a unique NZ population.

Whakatāne Hospital is a purpose-built secondary care hospital offering acute services to the people of the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Services offered include emergency medicine, paediatric, general and orthopaedic surgery, obstetrics and mental health – alongside acute and ambulatory general medicine.

This is a 0.5FTE position, working fixed term until September 2025.

About the Team/Service/Location

The Medical service consists of a team of physicians who work alongside the multidisciplinary team and junior medical staff to provide patient care for both acute and long-term conditions. Current physicians within the service have wide experience in acute medicine and areas of subspeciality such as rural medicine. Access to other subspecialty areas such as oncology, renal and neurology are available regionally at Tauranga and Waikato Hospitals with clinics being delivered at Whakatāne regularly.

Working in the acute medical service at Whakatane is rewarding and busy with a wide range of patient case types and complex presentations. Like many hospitals of this size, there are close collegial relationships across all services and a friendly supportive work environment.

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About you

With the progression of NZ Rural training programme, we are also interested in applications from NZ Rural trained consultants – particularly those who have training and experience in a range of settings such as high acuity/ emergency care, acute medicine, palliative care, and chronic disease management.

Applicants must hold or be eligible for vocational registration with the New Zealand Medical Council or be training in NZ and with 9 months or less of advanced training remaining to achieve FRACP.

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 18th May 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Business Lead, Sharon Turner Sharon.turner@bopdhb.govt.nz or Medical Lead, Michelle Downie, michelle.downie@bopdhb.govt.nz

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