Pain Medicine Fellow (24 months fixed term)

Location: Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital, Hutt Hospital 

Service:   Pain Management

Contract: Full time, fixed term (6 December 2025 - 5 December 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

This is a two year position for a qualified Consultant/Senior Medical Officer to undertake vocational training towards an ANZCA qualified Pain Medicine Specialist. 

This role will provide you with the opportunity to complete the required clinical hours for this training within a highly experienced multi-disciplinary team of a regional tertiary service. 

About the Team/Service/ Location

You will be working alongside an enthusiastic and cohesive team of medical specialists, clinical psychologists, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapists and nurses.  The interdisciplinary team meets regularly and provides individual and group programmes in-person as well as online. The service’s current research focus is on developing support for opioid tapering and online resources to address access, equity and challenges to offer best practice pain management to the geographically large region. 

The service have monthly in-service meetings, monthly meetings with addictions and a monthly complex patient meeting at which other hospital teams are able to come and discuss patients of interest. They also have a weekly intervention session in the fluoroscopy department with procedures under XR and ultrasound.

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 with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
• FANZCA or equivalent qualification and be able to register for with the MCNZ
• Enthusiasm in learning about pain management, teaching and presenting within the department and to other hospital services
• 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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