Pain Medicine Fellow (fixed term)

Location:  Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital 

Service:    Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management

Contract:  Full time, Fixed term (6 December 2026 - 6 December 2028)

Salary:      As per ASMS SECA

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of TeTiriti 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 fixed term position for a qualified 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. You will provide medical assessments as the sole practitioner as well as being part of an interdisciplinary assessment panel. 

You will have opportunities to provide ultrasound and fluoroscopy guided interventions.  As this is a training position, supervision by Pain Medicine Specialists is provided for all aspects of the role. 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. 

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)
• Able to register for vocational registration with the FANCZA
• FANZCA or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZ
• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
• Able to provide consistently high standards of medical care
• Enthusiastic about supporting patients with chronic conditions
• Relevant experience and training

Working for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

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

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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