Neonatal Fellow, Wellington Regional Hospital 2027

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Neonatal Fellow  – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Wellington Regional Hospital

Full‑time | 12 – 24 months Fixed‑Term

We invite applications for a Neonatal Fellow to join our vibrant and supportive team in Wellington’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  

Wellington NICU– Wellington Regional Hospital

Wellington NICU is a busy, high acuity tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where you will gain experience in all areas on advanced perinatal/neonatal medicine. The unit has 40 funded bed spaces, with the majority being intensive care cots, servicing a large catchment area covering a population of one million in central New Zealand.  

We provide evidence-based care for infants with complex medical and surgical needs, including infants from 22 weeks gestational age. The unit works in close partnership with a large Maternal-Fetal Medicine service and is supported by excellent specialties include paediatric surgery, paediatric radiology, paediatric neurology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, and genetics.  The unit has a highly skilled allied health work force supporting infants, families, and clinicians, including neonatal therapists, speech and language therapists, dietician, pharmacist, social workers and whanau care support, and psychotherapist.

We also work closely with our regional level II and level I Special Care Baby Units to provide continuity of care for infants and their families.

Our unit provides a supportive and friendly work environment where teamwork, initiative and integrity are highly valued.

The role can be somewhat flexible to meet level of experience and training, but will include opportunities including:

• Neonatal transport co-ordination and participation in high acuity transfers
• We run our own Neonatal retrieval service, transferring approximately 500 infants per year, the majority being by fixed wing and helicopter
• Developing procedural skills
• The expectation would be to already have competency with intubation, ventilation, cannulation, umbilical and central lines. Further advancing of these skills will be supported.
• Participation in the Neonatologist service roster (always with consultant back up)
• This will include “service weeks” during daytime hours
• Antenatal consultations
• Overnight on call, with back up.
• ASUM supported Training pathway for Clinician performed ultrasound (Cardiac/cranial/abdominal/ lung)
• Develop non-clinical consultant skills with involvement in:
• Governance, Risk management, Policy work, Quality Improvement, Inter-service development
• Outpatient clinics
• Neonatal short term medical and long-term neurodevelopmental follow-up clinics.
• Bayley v4 assessments and early CP assessments including General Movement Assessments.
• Leadership of the RMO and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner group
• Orientation, teaching, and supervision
• Research
• Support to develop an advanced Neonatal training project
• Opportunities to be involved in current clinical research and audits in the unit
• Education
• Neonatal weekly education series co-ordination
• Involvement in the in situ simulation training program
• Nursing study day teaching sessions
• Opportunities to be involved in regional education
• Involvement in University of Otago 5^th year Paediatric curriculum

Depending on the level of prior experience and training, successful candidates will work either as a senior or junior fellow. The senior fellow will work primarily on the Neonatologist/ consultant roster (always with consultant back up), while the junior fellow will work across the senior registrar and Neonatologist/ consultant rosters to ensure adequate clinical exposure for their level of training. 

Wellington NICU is a training site accredited with the RACP for 24 months of advanced Neonatal/Perinatal training, 18 months of core training, and surgical, long term follow up activities and transport requirements of training are able to be completed.

Experience and Eligibility

• Suitable for Resident Medical Officers who are Neonatal advanced trainees. Advanced general paediatric trainees with previous neonatal experience would also be encouraged to apply.
• You must have eligibility for general or provisional general registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand. Information on the process of application for this can be found on their website at http://www.mcnz.org.nz/ or http://www.mcnz.org.nz/get-registered/registration-self-assessment-tool/

You will need to be a NZ or Australian citizen or resident, or have an appropriate visa to be eligible to live and work in NZ. The immigration NZ website can be found at https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas

Why Wellington?

• The capital and home to the NZ Government, Wellington is a vibrant place to live and work and has repeatedly been voted as New Zealand’s top lifestyle city. Wellington is considered the cultural and creative hub of the country and there are great outdoor opportunities within minutes of the CBD. Visit the Discover Wellington website

Our Hospitals and Services

Join our fellow 535 Resident Medical Officers employed by Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley to gain leading experience, medical supervision and training.

We have a fantastic group of enthusiastic and passionate consultants who will welcome you and support you as you become part of the team.

How to apply?

• Applications close 11.59pm (NZ time) 8 June 2026

If you meet the criteria above and wish to submit a formal application, then please apply now

Upon application you will need to provide:

• Electronic copies of your CV and cover letter.
• A copy of Photo identification (passport or Drivers Licence)
• Copies of three references on the MCNZ Reference form . Your referees must be consultants who have supervised your day-to-day clinical work and one must be from your current or most recent employer. Reports must be submitted at the time of your application. Unfortunately, incomplete applications cannot be considered

Apply now

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