Rare Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Consultant Opportunity In Auckland

Excellent opportunity to develop your professional practice in AucklandFinancial relocation support offeredThe OpportunityRegional Oral and Maxillofacial Service (OMS), part of Surgical Services wishes to appoint Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and invites suitably qualified candidates to apply.Oral and Maxillofacial Service (OMS) provide hospital-based, tertiary-level specialist services to 1.6 million people domiciled with the Metro Auckland and Northland inNew Zealand.In this role you would provide regional acute, elective and outpatient specialist OMS services whilst working within a dedicated team. The acute work is heavily weighted towards facial trauma and odontogenic infections. Elective work includes dento-alveolar, TMJ, orthognathic and benign pathology. Sub-specialty training and experience in oncological resection and reconstruction would be an advantage.The OMS service works closely with the Hospital and Specialist Dentistry service and their sub-specialities including oral medicine, restorative prosthodontics, orthodontists and paediatric dentistry. The successful candidate will share after hours and weekend on-call work – on a roster basis, for the 24/7 service.The current OMS team consists of 7 OMS surgeons, 3 dual-qualified College trainee registrars, 1 dual-qualified non-training registrar, 1 dental registrar, 1 dental house officer and 1 medical house officer. Auckland is a training centre in OMS surgery, accredited by the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (RACDS). You would have the opportunity to participate in registrar training.This is a permanent position, which is primarily based primarily at one major hospital, with some sessions at the Clinical Centre and another major hospital in Auckland when required. Several of our incumbent OMS surgeons work part time in private practice. There are opportunities, in Auckland for thesuccessful candidate to do likewise.Important SkillsTo be eligible for this role you must hold or be eligible for vocational registration as a specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with the Medical Council andthe Dental Council of New Zealand. You must have an excellent work record, an ability to integrate as part of a team, and a desire for public service.Our OrganisationWe are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We 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 located in central Auckland.Whyyou willenjoy working hereWe 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 Auckland.If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply online and attach an up to date copy of yourCV for consideration.#J-18808-Ljbffr