Palliative Care Paediatrician, Starship Child Health

Palliative Care Paediatrician, Starship Child Health

Palliative Care Paediatrician, Starship Child Health

Starship - New Zealand's premier children's hospital

Combine New Zealand lifestyle experience with working in a world-renowned tertiary hospital

Permanent, Part-time FTE.

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

Starship Children's Hospital, the leading tertiary hospital for child health care in Auckland, New Zealand, has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Palliative Care Paediatrician. This is a unique opportunity to work with an experienced and professional Paediatrics team in a broad variety of practice within a tertiary children's hospital.

The Starship Palliative Care Service provides specialist paediatric palliative care to children with serious illness (life-limiting or life-threatening conditions) and their whānau across the Northern region. The Palliative Care Paediatrician is responsible for assessing, diagnosing, and managing children who are patients within the service.

About the Team

Based at Starship Hospital, Grafton, we are a friendly, hard-working and motivated service that provide expert assessments and interventions for children and adolescents and their family/whānau attending the Starship Services. Our team consist of senior medical officers, nurse specialists, a psychotherapist, a social worker and team administration.

For more information on the position, please contact Dr David Bettany, Service Clinical Director.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have a post-graduate training and experience in Paediatric Palliative Care
• Eligible for specialist registration in New Zealand as a paediatrician.
• Recognised qualification in paediatrics with a general scope of practice
• An interest in the holistic and medical management of Paediatric Palliative Care patients.

Whilst working closely with the interdisciplinary team, the ability to work autonomously in a multi-cultural environment is essential. The environment is that of a high degree of teamwork and collaboration, with a focus on equity and upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Working at Health New Zealand

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. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive children's hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.

How to Apply

Well be reviewing applications and conducting interviews as they come in, so the position may close before the listed deadline. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To apply please click on the `Apply tab below, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role and attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.

If you have any accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Anel Foord, Recruitment Consultant.