Wellington ICU Fellow (approved for CICM transition-year trainees) - 2027-2028

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Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role

• Intensive Care Fellow / CICM Transition Year Fellow / Senior Registrar
• 12 month position, starting 1 February 2027
• Wellington Hospital/Wakefield Hospital

Salaries are calculated based on relevant previous years of experience and the average weekly hours of work as set out in the relevant run description. For the current salary bands, please refer to either the Specialty Trainees of New Zealand (SToNZ) or Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) Multi-Employer Collective Agreements.

Mō tō mātou rōpū – About our team

Our Hospitals and Services

 Join our fellow 740+ Resident Medical Officers employed by the 3 District Health Boards of the Wellington Region (Capital & Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa DHB’s) to gain leading experience, medical supervision and training.

Wellington ICU

Wellington ICU provides tertiary Intensive Care services for a million people in central New Zealand, covering a geographic radius of 300 kilometres and including the upper South Island & lower North Island. We support six other public hospitals that have Intensive Care Units and one hospital that does not. To manage such a large area we run a busy Flight Retrieval Service with the capability to provide Intensive Care-level retrievals around the clock.

The ICU is a 24 bed unit with a separate dedicated 12 bed high dependency unit, giving a total of 36 beds.  We provide general intensive care as well as supporting subspeciality services including cardiology & cardiothoracics, paediatric surgery, neurosurgery and trauma.  Our service is strongly consultant-led and consultant ward rounds are performed three times a day on week days (8am, 4pm and 8pm) and twice a day during the weekend (8am and 8pm).

We admit over 2000 patients every year of which 40% are elective (including approximately 600 cardiothoracic patients). Approximately 8% of admissions are paediatrics. The median length of stay for patients is 40 hours. For more information see the Wellington ICU website: www.wellingtonICU.com

• 19 Registrar positions, and four fellow/ SR positions (suitable for CICM transition year fellows), along with four additional Wakefield / Wellington ICU registrars with a non-clinical fellowship attached.  We support a mixture of trainees rotating from anaesthesia, medicine, emergency medicine and surgery, as well as College of Intensive Care Medicine trainees;

• The four fellow / SR positions fulfil the College of Intensive Care Medicine requirements for Transition year training; fellows work mainly supervised SMO level shifts, supervising and supporting other registrars
• The opportunity to gain experience in ICU non-clinical roles including education, simulation, research, trauma, aeromedical, echocardiography
• Provides a regional helicopter/fixed wing based retrieval service for central NZ in which our registrars are involved;
• A strong research focus – working in our department provides the opportunity to be involved in critical care research that will change practice around the world;
• An excellent teaching program with multidisciplinary input led by senior clinicians, regular simulation training and we run the Wellington Intensive Care Medicine course, a very popular ICU part 2 preparation course.
• We always have at least three registrars rostered on and our roster ensures that more junior registrars are well supported.  Fellows always have dedicated SMO supervising them.

Moū – About you

• Suitable for doctors who are final year trainees in the CICM training program, or are at fellowship level for other related speciality programs, or are looking for post-training Fellowship opportunities
• Candidates should be working at an advanced level within ICU as this role partakes in the after-hours roster working on call in a supervisory capacity (supported and supervised by our ICU specialists)
• 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

E pā ana ki a tatou – About us

Here at the Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast, Hutt Valley & Wairarapa districts we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast District & Hutt Valley District

Wairarapa District

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email RMO_Recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number (RMO_11_26) in the subject line.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai
By joining together we will succeed

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