- Emergency Medicine Consultant Opportunity in Auckland, Permanent Full time or part time (minimum 30 hours per week)
About the Role
With approximately 130,000 adult and paediatric presentations per year our Emergency Department is one of the busiest in Australasia. The Hospital is situated in a lower socio-economic area and serves a culturally diverse, high need population with high acuity presentations. The department is accredited with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) for 36 months of training as a mixed Tier 1 Emergency Department.
The Hospital ED is a busy Major Trauma Centre seeing approximately 300 major trauma patients (ISS >13) per year as well as acting as the quaternary centre for spinal cord, mangled limb and burns patients. The hospital is well supported by dedicated Trauma, Burns and Spinal Cord teams and has an active trauma committee that provide governance and oversite. The hospital also provides immediate care for walk in paediatric trauma patients and maintains excellent links with the local cardio thoracic and neurosurgical centres via the Northern Regional Trauma Committee. The ED specialist plays a vital role in acting as team leader for major trauma.
About the Team/Service/ Location
Auckland is New Zealand's largest, diverse and most popular city, nestled on one of the worlds best harbours. It offers a metropolitan lifestyle mixed with the great outdoors; from cafes and restaurants to our stunning beaches, parks and marinas providing a beautiful natural landscape that we Kiwis are proud of.
The facility is based in South Auckland and is within the largest Health New Zealand Districts across Aotearoa, New Zealand by population and provides employment for more than 7,000 people across the region.
Our people are a large part of the community we serve which makes us passionate about the health of the people living in it. We are a team of talented individuals working together to make a positive difference to the community we serve, work in, and to each other.
About you
- Vocationally registered in Emergency Medicine with the MCNZ
- Managing complex and undifferentiated presentations
- Supervising registrars and junior doctors
- Supporting trauma, retrieval or helicopter services
- Contributing to emergency planning and simulation training
- Relevant experience and training
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply online and attach an up to date copy of your CV for consideration.