Nau mai. Haere mai.
New Job. New Lifestyle. New Zealand 2021.
If you’re thinking about your next career move, you won’t find a more unique location if you love the active outdoors. We’re seeking a Consultant General Surgeon to be based in Rotorua, in the beautiful Lakes region of the Central North Island.
This is a generalist role in a busy service which provides a lot of variety. It is also a teaching hospital with a fully staffed Registrar roster including Advanced trainees.
- Ideal for those who love the active outdoors lifestyle – pack the paddleboard, mountain bike and trainers!
- Permanent position, commence 2021
- FRACS or equivalent specialist qualifications, e.g. FRCS with CCT (see below)
- Join a multinational and multidisciplinary team
- Participate in the on call 1:7 roster
- Explore stunning landscapes – lakes, mountains, national parks, native forest, geothermal wonders
- Central North Island provides great access to the rest of the North Island
Our Client is a medium sized District Health Board delivering specialist services to a population of 110,000 people across two hospital sites in Rotorua and Taupō (1 hour drive from Rotorua). There are 180 beds at Rotorua Hospital, including the Special Care Baby Unit, Maternity and Mental Health. Taupō hospital is a level 2 hospital providing some medical and rehabilitation services with ambulatory clinics and day stay surgery. This role involves inpatient, outpatient and surgical work at Rotorua and Taupō Hospitals, both of which have recently had significant upgrades and the addition of new facilities.
For this role, you will be an experienced General Surgeon with a broad range of general surgical skills and a sound understanding of contemporary models of care. You will also have experience of working in a culturally diverse setting.
In addition, you will also have proven leadership skills and experience working in a multidisciplinary team environment; an interest in medical education and teaching, including providing supervision and education to medical students, registrars and other clinical staff; and of course, a commitment to ongoing quality improvement programmes.
What’s on offer?
- Total package ranges NZ$180,000 - $300,000 per annum, depending on experience
- This includes: Base salary from NZ$164,369 to $244,560 pa, depending on level of experience; On call calculated on top of your base; Continuing Medical Education Allowance NZ$16,000 + 10 days CME leave pa
- Plus relocation assistance
Location
If you’re not familiar with this part of New Zealand, Rotorua and the Lakes region is visually stunning and an area of unique natural beauty and geothermal activity, offering a great outdoors lifestyle, perfect for taking advantage of the region’s hot summers and mild winters. Although it’s a small city (population 65,000), it’s vibrant and has a huge tourist and adventure sports industry that drives the local economy all year round.
If you enjoy the adrenalin buzz, hanging off rocks, jumping off bridges, rafting down fierce water, doing triathlons and ultramarathons, climbing mountains, ziplining through trees, riding mountain bikes through native forest, you will really love it here…
But there’s also lots to do if you enjoy a more leisurely pace of life with funky little cafés and bars, restaurants, the Lakes. You can simply enjoy living in a lovely location in a lovely climate.
It’s an area steeped in history and legend, a place where Tikanga Māori/Māori culture is celebrated, making this a truly unique place to live.
There is a domestic airport with daily flights to Auckland’s international airport, making connections to/from Rotorua very easy and accessible (45 minutes). And being so centrally located, it’s a great jumping off point to other parts of the North Island and New Zealand.
Find out more about the Rotorua Lifestyle here
Medical Registration
Ideally, you will hold Fellowship of the Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) and full Vocational registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ).
Alternatively, if not NZ-trained, you must hold equivalent specialist qualifications in General Surgery that will enable Provisional Vocational (long term) registration or Locum Tenens (short term up to 12 months) registration with MCNZ.
This means having completed your specialist training in one of the following countries, resulting in the qualifications listed below:
- Australia (FRACS)
- Canada (Fellowship in General Surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada)
- Ireland (Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland – you must also hold CSCST/ CCST/ CCT)
- South Africa (Fellowship of the College of Surgeons of South Africa)
- the UK (Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, or Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, or Fellowship the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow – you must also hold CCST/ CCT)
- the USA (Certificate of the American Board of Surgery, or Certificate of the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery)
Locum Tenens and Provisional Vocational registration are the two pathways to medical registration in NZ for Specialist General Surgeons and we can assist with your medical registration and visa, if successfully appointed.
Please note, a Doctor’s relevant qualifications must be verified by ECFMG using the EPIC system on behalf of the Medical Council of New Zealand. If you are committed to working in New Zealand, we encourage you to start this process as soon as possible if you hold qualifications from outside NZ. You may to log on to EPIC and complete this step online. EPIC verifies your identity and your qualifications directly with you. Log on to EPIC here and read the FAQs section about how to get started.
Photo Credit: Mokoia Island, Rotorua - Mark Smith, www.rotoruanz.com