Location: Wellington
Service: Ophthalmology Service
Contract: Permanent, (0.8 FTE) Starting Aug 2026
About the role
This role is to provide acute and elective care to patients with a focus on Vitreoretinal Ophthalmology.
Consultant ophthalmologist services are provided in both OPD clinic and theatre setting. Vitreoretinal surgical services are being expanded to include the Kenepuru theatre complex from 2026. There is a large component of teaching and supporting nurses and allied health staff. Supervision and training of RMOs is an important aspect of the role.
Specific services will include:
- Operating and clinic sessions.
- Participation in relevant service and clinical meetings related to the service.
- Participation in quality improvement activities, clinical audit activities and continuing medical education.
- Contribution to service and organisational initiatives in clinical practice.
- Participating in Vitreo-retinal on-call roster
About the Team/Service/ Location
The Ophthalmology Department provides a secondary and tertiary ophthalmic service for the Wellington region. Tertiary services are also provided for the lower North Island and upper South Island. The main outpatient department and inpatient beds are based at Wellington with some services provided at Kenepuru.
Outpatient clinics provide comprehensive ophthalmic assessment on a referral basis from medical practitioners, public health vision screening technicians and optometrists. A 24-hour acute service is provided at Wellington Regional Hospital. Most ocular surgery is now carried out on a day case basis.
The service collaborates with other hospital services including Neurosurgery, Neurology, Intensive Care Unit, Oncology and Hutt Hospital's Plastic Surgical Department.
The district is located centrally in Wellington and has over 6,000 full-time equivalent staff, making us one of the major employers in the Wellington region. We operate three hospitals, as well as the Health Centre at Paraparaumu.
About you
- Vocationally registered in Ophthalmology with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
- FRANZCO or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZ
- Strong clinical skillset, with an interest in Vitreoretinal Surgery
- Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Able to provide consistently high standards of medical care
- 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.