2026 Training Year | Senior Registrar ICU

2026 Training Year | Senior Registrar ICU

Salary Band C - $130,566 - $187,356

Dunedin Hospital

Permanent Full Time

• Join us as we change the future of healthcare in Southern New Zealand
• Fantastic teaching and education opportunities working with a supportive team
• Opportunity to live in a vibrant and scenic city with fantastic outdoor opportunities at your doorstep

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

Health New Zealand- Southern is currently seeking applications from RMOs interested in joining our intensive care team at Dunedin Hospital. We are looking for enthusiastic senior registrars to join our team of Registrars and Senior House Officers. Applicants will be in the later stages of critical care training, either preparing for or having passed a relevant critical care fellowship examination.

The Senior Registrar role is aimed at CICM trainees in the later stages of training but is open to other experienced critical care registrars wanting to progress their skills. There are 5 Senior Registrar positions. The roster is a 5-week rolling pattern of shifts, incorporating planned leave relief. The Senior Registrar is rostered a mixture of shifts, on-calls and non-clinical time designed to balance development of consultant-level skills, service provision and development of special skills. Day time and on-call activities mirror those on the consultant roster, enabling the senior registrar to lead ward rounds, and manage the unit overnight when on-call from home with appropriate SMO supervision.

Senior Registrars will be expected to lead the ward round during the day, and delegate tasks to registrars and SHOs as appropriate. Onsite SMO supervision between 0800-1800 is available at all times, with the intensity of that supervision tailored to the individual registrar. Those in their CICM transition year will be expected to work at the level of a junior consultant, with a degree of supervision and independence of practice that varies as their expertise develops. Clinical supervision will be provided by the Te Puna Wai Ora – Southern Critical Care consultant team. The proximity and nature of that supervision will change as the trainee develops, at a level deemed appropriate by the collective consultant body.

Use of non-clinical time is designed to facilitate the development of special skills such as research, echocardiography, teaching/simulation, management, or other areas of interest by negotiation. Senior Registrars are also expected to contribute to registrar, SHO and nursing education where appropriate.

Southern Critical Care is mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit which provides exposure to trauma, neurosurgical, cardiothoracic, and some paediatric intensive care. The unit acts as a tertiary referral centre for the 400,000 people living in the lower South Island. We have a busy aeromedical retrieval team involved in both inter hospital and prehospital transport, predominantly by helicopter. The unit has recently been refurbished, and a state of the art 22 bed-space unit is scheduled to open this year.

Our Consultant and senior nursing staff are dedicated to providing high quality registrar education. We provide a five- day orientation programme covering both critical care and aeromedical retrieval. Registrars attend weekly seminar-based education and fortnightly simulation sessions. In house echocardiography and ultrasound teaching is also available. We also offer several courses (link: https://dunedin.icu/courses) locally including BASIC, RACEplus and advanced critical care echocardiography courses, and 4i.

Dunedin Hospital has a strong collaborative relationship with the University of Otago, making a number of teaching and research options possible for those keen to pursue their academic careers whilst completing their clinical work. Statistical support is available for those wishing to complete a project as part of training (eg. the ACEM 4.10 requirement).

The unit is accredited for Foundation training in intensive care medicine by CICM, as well as for ACEM critical care and RACP basic training. The run also provides invaluable experience for surgical registrars particularly prior to application for RACS training schemes.

About the Location

The main cities and towns in the Southern District include Dunedin, Invercargill, Queenstown, and Wānaka. Southern is world famous for its picturesque mountains, fiords, glaciers, coastlines, and lakes that are often depicted on postcards and movies. But that’s not all - it's also adventure-central with a great cultural and foodie scene. You can set your sights on Southern where you can truly have it all-advancing your career whilst living your best life amidst some of the most stunning scenery New Zealand has to offer.

For more information on living and working in Dunedin click here

About you

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand or be eligible for general or provisional general registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand.  You can check your eligibility for registration by visiting the Council’s website at MCNZ
• We are interested in hearing from RMOs with a minimum of two years’ post qualification experience.  We are also interested in hearing from more experienced critical care registrars with 6 months or more of anaesthetics or intensive care experience.

It is requirement of the Medical Council of New Zealand that your qualifications are approved through EPIC. If you have a commitment to working in New Zealand, it is highly recommended that you start this process as soon as possible to allow your subsequent registration to be undertaken in a timely fashion. For more information, please visit MCNZ website re EPIC Credentialing.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

All applications must include:

• Cover Letter
• An up-to-date CV (Medical work history in chronological order, starting from completion of your primary medical qualification and include locum work and any gaps of 3 months or more)
• Three referee reports on the national reference template form or the MCNZ RP6 reference form (one of whom must be your most recent supervisor) for international applicants

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by Monday 9 June 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact rmo.recruitment@southerndhb.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and you will be advised of the outcome of the application in August 2025 as this application is part of the annual recruitment round.