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New Role: Rare Leadership Opportunity within Radiology

Clinical Leader, Radiology

Option to be based in Invercargill or Dunedin, South Island, NZ

We are seeking a highly experienced general Radiologist to lead the Southern District Health Board Radiology Service, which spans over two main sites in Dunedin (350 bed tertiary hospital) and Invercargill (160 bed modern secondary care hospital with first class facilities), delivering services to a regional population of approximately 310,000.

You will be required to travel between these two hospitals, but you will also have leadership support from the on-site specialists in your team.

  • Highly sought after permanent position in a choice of two locations depending on the lifestyle you prefer
  • Total package (circa NZ$240k to NZ$280k), dependent on experience
  • Additional relocation assistance to help you make the move
  • Strong real estate market and affordable housing
  • Straightforward medical registration process (4-6 months) for those from highly comparable health systems

In addition to your clinical experience, you will have the proven leadership skills to shape and develop the service with vision and enthusiasm; the ability to operate at both a strategic and operational level, yet still happy to keep a hand in working on ‘the shop floor’; you will be comfortable leading and working in a multidisciplinary team environment; have an interest in medical education and teaching, providing supervision and education to junior medical staff, medical students and other clinical staff; as well as having a commitment to driving quality improvements and a willingness to be involved in continuous quality improvement programmes.

  • Full range of imaging modalities based on a digital RIS/ PACS system
  • Wide variety of cases and an impressive range of diagnostics available
  • Medical Imaging, Fluoroscopy, MRI, 16-slice CT, X-Ray, DSA, Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine
  • i.PM electronic patient management system
  • Relaxed, informal approach ensures easy access to clinical leaders and management
  • Good collegiality among departments and close links to colleagues in Dunedin and Invercargill, as well as Christchurch further north
  • Close affiliation to the University of Otago and Otago Medical School

Opportunities to advance learning and knowledge are encouraged and embraced. Both hospitals are affiliated to New Zealand's premier University of Otago and the prestigious and internationally recognised Otago School of Medicine, and there are opportunities for teaching and research. In addition, there are a variety of education opportunities within the hospital including weekly radiology meetings, weekly clinical meetings, weekly journal club and weekly hospital-wide grand rounds. A monthly mortality audit and clinical pathology conference is also held.

Ideally you will have experience in working in a similar leadership role, or maybe this is next step in building your professional career. Either way, this is an excellent opportunity to develop your own career and yet have that work/life balance in a stunning part of New Zealand.

Consultants in New Zealand are well-remunerated and enjoy good working conditions and an excellent work life balance. Dunedin and Invercargill are great places to really appreciate the benefits of balancing work and family life. So if you’ve been thinking about making a lifestyle change and New Zealand has been on top of your bucket list, why not explore the benefits of living in the beautiful South Island?

The Location

Dunedin and Invercargill have real character, wide roads and heritage buildings reflecting the history of the cities. Along with its local Farmers Markets, galleries, cafes and restaurants, you can also enjoy Chamber Music from visiting concerts, or Shakespeare in the park during the summer months. As well as the usual recreational pastimes such as golfing and fishing, you can also enjoy Gold Cup horse racing, water skiing championships, and motor racing. Locals love their down time and with short commutes to work and no traffic jams, life just feels more relaxed.

The local airports have daily flights to Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland airports, making international connections really easy.

The lower South Island is a diverse geographic region comprising of wild, rugged coastlines, two national parks including the awe inspiring Fiordland which features a number of New Zealand's internationally renowned ' Great Walks', i.e Milford, Greenstone and Caples tracks. If you enjoy wildlife, visit the Catlins for the yellow-eyed penguins and rare Hector’s Dolphins. Stewart Island is a charter flight or a boat ride away and so tranquil and virtually untouched, it remains one of the few places in NZ where you can see Kiwi birds at night in their natural habitat…but only if you stay quiet, because they’re very shy.

Oreti Beach is a nice place to sit and watch the waves crash in or walk along its beautiful shores. If adventure is more your style, then it’s only a short distance to New Zealand’s international adventure playground in Queenstown on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, with premier ski resorts, bungy jumping, heli-skiing, mountain biking, paragliding, sky diving…

With its temperate oceanic climate, you do get a real sense of summer and winter, which means you can enjoy a range of pastimes on the water or on the slopes. In high summer they can experience 23 – 28c degree days. Just because you’re down south, it doesn’t mean it’s always cold!

Although if the cold is something you happily embrace, Invercargill is also a stop off point for Antarctic expeditions and international visitors. Southland Hospital also maintains staff holiday homes in Queenstown, Te Anau and Arrowtown, so you and the family can explore all these wonderful locations.

What Head Medical can do for you 
Arranging a position overseas is very exciting, but we understand that it can also be daunting and time consuming. We’re the UK's specialist in international medical recruitment and we‘ve helped many doctors relocate since we first started out in 2008 (you can read what people have said about working with us on our testimonials page). We know it’s important to balance career opportunities with lifestyle and we’ll talk through your plans and will get to know you to make sure we find the right role in the right location.

Once we have secured a job for you, we will provide support and assistance through the medical registration and immigration process.  We are registered with the Immigration Advisors Authority in New Zealand

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