Medical Officer Special Scale (MOSS) - Orthopaedic Full Time - Fixed Term (0.8 FTE negotiable to 1.0 FTE) Fixed Term Cover (10 June 2024 - 10 June 2025 Close knit, supportive team We are looking for an Orthopaedic MOSS with experience in upper limb, General Orthopaedics and trauma who is willing to influence, lead change within the department and bring their passion and commitment for acute, elective and outpatients care to the fore. Mo te turanga | About the roleSouthland Hospital's Orthopaedic team is currently staffed by six surgeons. We provide care for a population of over 136,000 in the lower South Island. Although our catchment area provides us with unique logisticalchallenges, we offer an enormous scope in the variety of work available to our talented professionals. Every Wednesday morning there is dedicated time given to a Registrar teaching session, Journal Club, formal handover of Call, and radiology review of discussion cases as well as Elective and Acute Trauma work. As a teaching facility for the University of Otago, the position also benefits from involvement with medical and nursing student training, participation in research and many more opportunities! Our tight knit team values the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive. It is key for you to have a sound understanding of and commitment to multi-cultural living and family/whanau principles. These core values align with our work and life practices and team well-being. Duties include supervision of acute operating lists, leading ward rounds, undertaking clinical procedures, involvement in audit, teaching, undertaking research and participating in continuing professional development. However, life is for living and Southland is an amazing place to live; culturally and professionally you are well support to enable the achievement of good work/life balance. Mou ake | About you You will need to hold General Registration with the New Zealand Medical Council and be able to start by 10 June 2024. Mo matou | About us Southland is home to a wide range of communities with agriculture, light industry and tourism forming the bulk of its economy. From small farming enclaves, to the regional centres of Invercargill and Gore as well as the internationally recognized tourism hubs of Te Anau and Queenstown, we are an industrious and welcoming people. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region. We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community. Painga | Benefits Supportive team Flexible role Utu whanui |Salary range This role belongs to the ASMS Collective Agreement and falls between the Step 1 ($142,683) and Step 14 ($210.933 p.a prorata) Ra monehu |
