Consultant General Paediatrician (fixed term)
Location: Based in Te Wao Nui, Wellington Hospital (additional clinics in Kenepuru & Kapiti)
Service: Child Health Service
Contract: Part time, 0.8 FTE. Fixed term, August 2026 - April 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
An exciting opportunity exists for a Consultant Paediatrician to join our team in Wellington.
Te Wao Nui, Wellington’s Child Health Service, is a dynamic department housed in a purpose built Children’s Hospital. We are looking for a fully trained and qualified paediatrician to join our collegial team. Experience in, or desire to develop, sub-speciality areas of interest which would complement existing service provision would be welcomed. The successful candidate will hold general paediatric clinics, participate in the general paediatric on-call roster (1 in 12) excluding neonatology and contribute to the teaching and supervision of undergraduates, SHO’s and Registrars.
About the Team/Service/ Location
Our service provides a wide range of secondary and tertiary in-patient and outpatient services for the children of the region, across three sites: Te Wao Nui Children’s Hospital in central Wellington, Kenepuru Community Hospital and Kapiti Health Centre. Two inpatient wards in Te Wao Nui, split by medical care (includes the adolescent service) and surgical care (including the Paediatric Oncology Service) provide resourced inpatient cots/beds for 60 infants, children and young people. A specialist Child Development Service is co-located in Te Wao Nui and the Kenepuru Campus and subspecialties from across the hospital deliver child-focussed care in our Children’s Outpatients.
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 Paediatrics with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) OR
- FRACP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration in Paediatrics with the MCNZ
- Relevant experience and training
- Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Able to provide consistently high standards of medical care
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. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.
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.
How to apply
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If you have any questions about the role, please email Sandra.Tam@ccdhb.org.nz or Varsha.Gandhi@ccdhb.org.nz
We are not accepting recruitment agency’s applicants.
Fixed Term/Part Time
Job no: SMO51-26
Location: Wellington Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital/Porirua, Kapiti Coast
Closing Date: Sunday, 7 June 2026