Acute Medicine Specialist, Auckland: Permanent Full time
- Are you looking for something to suit your lifestyle on a permanent basis?.
- Do you want to be challenged professionally?
- Do you want to be part of a dynamic team?
If so, then this is the fantastic opportunity for you to work in South Auckland, New Zealand.
We are recruiting for a permanent full-time position.
About the Role
We are currently looking for experienced Acute Medicine Specialist / Consultant with a passion for Acute Medicine based in South Auckland, New Zealand.
As an Acute Medicine Specialist, you will:
· Provide expert clinical care to patients presenting with a wide range of acute medical conditions.
· Lead a multi-disciplinary team within our Medical Assessment Unit.
· Supervise initial clinical assessments by junior medical staff, provide early senior decision making, and direct disposition and management.
· Provide expert clinical advice to referring clinicians from Primary Care, Emergency Department, and other medical specialties.
· Lead ward rounds on patients anticipated to require a short hospital stay.
· Conduct urgent assessment & management in an ambulatory setting via the Acute Medicine Rapid Access Clinic.
· Participate in training of junior doctors and other health professionals.
· Assist in developing guidelines, clinical pathways, and service quality improvement.
Suitable candidates may also be able to pursue other special clinical interests and/or medical sub-specialties. Experience and/or interest in clinical leadership roles are particularly valued.
About the Team/Service/ Location
The facility is the largest hospital operated by Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand. We offer secondary-level (hospital and specialist) care and a selected range of community and domiciliary services for the population of - the area that the region which stretches from Otahuhu to Port Waikato.
The Hospital is the main hub for acute care and referral services. It is an accredited, teaching hospital of Auckland University and caters for most medical and surgical specialties with a catchment area of around 600,000 people.
We also provide niche specialist tertiary services for regional and national consumers in orthopaedic and plastic surgery, burns, spinal injury rehabilitation, renal dialysis, and neonatal intensive care.
Acute Medicine & General Medicine:
South Auckland has the highest health needs in New Zealand with relatively high levels of socio-economic deprivation, chronic diseases, and acute presentations with high acuity & complexity. Our population has the highest ethnic and cultural diversity in NZ. This makes the General Medicine experience complex and challenging, but also highly rewarding and interesting for those who value caring for the patients most in need of it.
Acute Medicine is developing as a specific sub-service of General / Internal Medicine focusing on the first 24 hours. It aims to deliver early senior-led decision making in acute referrals, patient assessments, and management pathways. This includes the Acute Medicine Rapid Access Clinic to deliver urgent ambulatory assessment and care without admission to hospital. Acute Medicine is still evolving so there is room to adapt and shape it according to our needs.
About you
As the ideal candidate:
You should be either registered, or be eligible for vocational registration within, the scope of General & Acute Care Medicine with the Medical Council of New Zealand. You should also have a specific interest in Acute Medicine.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply online and attach an up to date copy of your CV for consideration.