Job Description - General Medicine/Rural Hospitalist Medicine Consultant or MOSS (THA00549)
General Medicine/Rural Hospitalist Medicine Consultant or MOSS
Job Number Job Number : THA00549
Where you'll be working: Thames Hospital, New Zealand
The details: Permanent Full time - Rostered
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity Come and join us in Thames, gateway to the Coromandel peninsula. We have an opportunity for a motivated physician with a broad range of skills to join the medical service in Thames Hospital. Our team of five consultants provides inpatient and outpatient general medical care to a population of around 50,000 permanent residents. The physicians lead a team of Senior House Officers and registrars from the Rural Hospital Medicine and General and Acute Care Medicine training programs.
There is a 1:4 to 1:5 on call roster. Our roster is based around a rotating three week cycle of ward roles. Weeks "off-the-ward" are built into this roster. This ensures all physicians have protected non-clinical time and opportunities to take annual leave and CME leave. This structure also allows flexibility of FTE with options to work less than 1.0 FTE by working fewer "on-the-ward" weeks across the year.
(Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Te Whatu Ora, Waikato website.) Applications are invited from Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians or Fellows of the Division of Rural Hospital Medicine, or equivalent. You must be eligible for vocational registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand.
Thames is a vibrant, modernised 50 bed secondary hospital with an emergency department, inpatient medicine, day case surgery, infusion unit, rehabilitation services, and low-acuity mental health beds. It is a rural hospital, with subspecialty services provided at Waikato Hospital—around 90 minutes away by road transport. There are 24 hour laboratory and radiology services including CT imaging. We are an accredited training unit for 5th and 6th year medical students from Auckland University, for PGY2 House Officers, for in Rural Hospital Medicine registrars, and for a General and Acute Care Medicine advanced training registrar. We have an active quality improvement and internal CME program, as well as an RMO teaching program. Telehealth is an expanding area of care provided in Thames, with current use on the inpatient ward, for outpatient clinics and in the emergency department for stroke thrombolysis.
Thames is a coastal town on the shores of the Hauraki Gulf, and is known as the gateway to the Coromandel. The peninsula is a popular recreation destination, with surf beaches and native bush providing plenty of opportunity for down time. The town is centrally located in northern Waikato and is around 90 minutes' drive to Auckland, Hamilton or Tauranga.
Ko ngaa hua o te noho ki roto o Waikato, te mahi hoki ki Te Whatu Ora, Waikato | The Benefits of living in Waikato and working for Te Whatu Ora, Waikato Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please click here .
As part of our Health NZ, Waikato family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside our Health NZ, Waikato benefits and staff discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce. He whare Manawanui, He whare Koronga | A committed workspace, a workspace with purpose We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. 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 life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whanau 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 Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
Me pehea te tuku tono | How to apply Please apply online as applications are unable to be accepted via email. If you have any questions about the role please contact the Recruitment Team – ******
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