Senior Medical Officer - Respiratory Services

Senior Medical Officer - Respiratory Services

• Dunedin Hospital
• Salary: Base salary from ASMS 2024 (NZD 185,380 - 267,980)
• Permanent 1.0 FTE negotiable

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the role
Joining the team at Dunedin Hospital, you will provide a mixture of inpatient and outpatient services and providing interface with respiratory labs. Direct clinical service will normally be based on 10 sessions of nominally 4.0 hours duration between Monday to Friday.  This role will include participation in the after-hours respiratory rosters for weeknights and weekends.

The department of Respiratory Medicine is actively involved in teaching and accredited for postgraduate training by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP).  Affiliated with the Dunedin School of Medicine, we actively support 4th, 5th and final year students within the department, with Physicians providing Honorary Senior Lecturer roles within the University of Otago. We currently have five other respiratory physicians across the district. On either site, the respiratory service has certified Respiratory Physiologists providing a wide range of diagnostic tests including challenge testing.  There are also Sleep Physiologists on both sites responsible for the diagnosis, fitting and ongoing care of patients in our community with CPAP and NIV units.  There will be a requirement to undertake rural clinics.

About You
You will need to be, or be eligible for, vocational registration as a respiratory physician by the New Zealand Medical Council, including having Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Physicians or an equivalent and accepted international qualification that enables specialist registration with the MCNZ, allowing you to be able to start in this role in the required timeframe.

You will also need:

• Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
• Experience in projects / initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities. 

Salary range

This role belongs to the ASMS Collective Agreement and falls between the Step 1 ($185,380) and Step 15 ($267,980 per annum pro rata)

How to Apply

To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 17 January 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Agatha Chen, Recruitment Advisor – Senior Medical Officers at agatha.chen@southerndhb.govt.nz

Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

Pre-Employment checks
In the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to:

• Occupational Health Assessment
• Police Vetting / Ministry of Justice safety checks
• Serious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)