Cardiology Fellow (Interventional)

Location: Wellington Regional Hospital

Service:  Cardiology Services

Contract: Full time, fixed term (2 Feb 2026 - 5 Feb 2027)

Salary:     As per ASMS SECA

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence. 

About the role

The successful applicant will acquire expertise as the primary operator on all invasive diagnostic procedures as well as coronary interventions. The two cardiac catheterisation laboratories dedicated to coronary work are both equipped with invasive physiology (FFR/resting indices) intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), optical coherence tomography (OCT), intravascular lithotripsy (IVL), orbital atherectomy and rotational atherectomy.

The interventional fellow will spend 9 sessions a week in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory and one session in an out-patient clinic.  Fellows are expected to be involved in more than 500 PCIs and 300 intravascular imaging studies as well as some structural interventions during their fellowship. 

About the Team/Service/ Location

The Wellington Cardiology Service provides secondary and tertiary care for a population of about 1 million. Patients treated by the department on a secondary level are domiciled in the Wellington Region, Porirua basin and Kapiti Coast.

Tertiary referrals are accepted from the Hutt Valley, Palmerston North, Mid Central, Wairarapa, Whanganui, Hawkes Bay and Nelson-Mralborough districts. All modern cardiac services are represented – except cardiac transplantation and complex paediatric procedures.

The Cardiology department includes, outpatient clinics, including specialist outpatient clinics at Wellington, Hutt Valley, Kenepuru, Kapiti and Whanganui hospitals, a rehabilitation service and a range of diagnostic monitoring services at Wellington and a Cardiac Care Unit for acute cardiac assessment and management.

Day cases are managed in the Interventional Recovery Ward, adjacent to the cardiac catheter suite.

Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley district is located centrally in Wellington and has over 6,000 full-time equivalent staff, making us one of the major employers in the Wellington region. We operate three hospitals – Wellington Regional Hospital in Newtown, Hutt Valley Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua – as well as the Kāpiti Health Centre at Paraparaumu.

About you

• Vocationally registered in Internal Medicine with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
• FRACP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for with the MCNZ
• Or senior physician trainee with broad experience in the management of complex medical patients
• Background training in a recognised Cardiology training program
• FRACP written and clinical exams or equivalent, and preferably completion and approval of the RACP advanced training in Cardiology
• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
• Able to provide consistently high standards of medical care
• Relevant experience and training

Working at Health New Zealand 

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. 

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community. 

How to apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ 

If you have any questions about the role, please email sandra.tam@ccdhb.org.nz

We are not accepting recruitment agency’s applicants. 

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