General & Colorectal Surgeon - General Surgery & Trauma Service

General & Colorectal Surgeon - General Surgery & Trauma Service

Clinical position in a modern, world renowned tertiary Hospital in beautiful Auckland

Full Time Position Hours negotiable

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The General Surgery & Trauma Service at Te Toka Tumai Auckland invites applications for a suitably qualified medical practitioner with post-fellowship training in colorectal surgery to join its Colorectal Unit.

The Colorectal Unit comprises 6 full-time equivalent Surgeons, 1 Colorectal (CSSANZ) Fellow, a SET and pre-SET Surgical Trainee, 2 House Officers and 3 Clinical Nurse Specialists. It provides the full range of secondary and tertiary colorectal surgical services, within state of the art facilities at Auckland City Hospital for elective surgery and Greenlane Surgical Unit. Surgical outpatient clinic facilities are also located at the Greenlane Clinical Centre.

Te Toka Tumai Auckland is a major tertiary hospital with a teaching focus in partnership with the University of Auckland. The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in the Department of Surgery; contributing to the development of colorectal surgery; and engaging in relevant teaching and research activities.

This will be a full-time Clinical position in General and Colorectal Surgery. There will be involvement in the Acute Surgical Unit and after hour on-call commitments. In addition, it is desirable for the applicant to have the suitable academic qualifications for appointment to an associated position as Senior Lecturer with the University of Auckland.

Ideally, the applicant will have general surgical training equivalent to Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) level, with post-fellowship training in Colorectal Surgery.

The applicant must be eligible for vocational registration as a Specialist Surgeon by the Medical Council of New Zealand. and must be immediately eligible for membership of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ).

Further expertise in advanced laparoscopic/robotic surgery and accreditation in colonoscopy is expected. Competence in the management of acute general surgical conditions and trauma care is expected, as is a commitment to teamwork, research, teaching, audit and quality assurance. The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, FMHS, contributing to the development of colorectal surgery; and engaging in relevant teaching, audit and research activities.

To know more about the clinical role and service, please contact:

Dr Julian Hayes, Service Clinical Lead - Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery & Trauma Service: JHayes@adhb.govt.nz

Or

Dr Rowan Collinson SMO Colorectal and General Surgery: RowanC@adhb.govt.nz

For more information regarding the academic role please contact: Associate Professor Jacqui Allen Head of Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, FMHS, University of Auckland. Email: j.allen@auckland.ac.nz

Applicants must be registerable with the New Zealand Medical Council

We are part of Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealands national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

Te Toka Tumai Auckland provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Childrens Hospital, located in central Auckland, however, this role will work regularly for Middlemore Hospital

We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ

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 on Kavitha.John@tewhatuora.govt.nz to discuss how we can best support your application.