Renal Transplant Fellow - General Surgery & Trauma Service (Fixed Term)

Renal Fellow - General Surgery & Trauma Service

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

We are looking for a Renal Transplant Surgical Fellow at Te Toka Tumai Auckland which is home to both the New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit and the Auckland Renal Transplant Service. The Intra-Abdominal Transplant Team now sit within the wider General Surgery & Trauma Service.

The Auckland Renal Transplant Service is the highest volume kidney transplant unit in New Zealand, and the only unit performing pancreas transplantation. A strong emphasis on living donor kidney transplantation has led to annual numbers of kidney transplants performed rising to around 140, with approximately 40% of these from live donors. Having joined the Australia-New Zealand Kidney exchange program in 2019, numbers are expected to increase in the future.

Fellows will gain excellent experience and training in multi-visceral organ procurement. Experience will also be obtained in assessing patients for transplant, peri-operative care, immunosuppression, anti-infective measures and long-term aftercare.

One Fellow will be assigned primarily to each of the liver and kidney transplant services. On-call may be shared between the Renal and Liver Transplant Fellows. Assignment of roles will depend on the career goals and training requirements of the successful applicants; however, some flexibility is expected to ensure service needs are met, and this also enables the Fellow to gain exposure to all aspects of intra-abdominal transplantation. Auckland City Hospital is a RACS (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons) accredited training centre for both kidney and liver transplantation.

The unit has an active research program, and attendance at national and international transplant meetings is encouraged and facilitated.

At the end of the one-year training period, the fellow should be familiar with all aspects of abdominal organ transplantation. Candidates who apply for this fellowship will enjoy a program aimed at achieving realistic goals, based on the individuals pre-existing surgical skill set.

This role is based at Auckland City Hospital; however, flexibility is required as this role covers both sites and you may be required to work at Greenlane Clinical Centre to meet the needs of the department.

Important Skills

Applications are sought from candidates who have completed a surgical training programme in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery or Urology and are interested pursuing a career in intra-abdominal organ transplantation (kidney and pancreas or liver) or wish to gain experience in transplantation to augment training in a related discipline (eg HPB surgery).

Applicants must be registerable with the New Zealand Medical Council.

Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

How to apply

To apply, simply click on the link below and make an online application attaching your latest CV and cover letter explaining your motivation for wanting to apply.

If you have any queries about this opportunity or accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Kavitha John, Recruitment Consultant.