Paediatric Haematologist/Oncologist, Starship Children's Health
Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Paediatric Haematologist/Oncologist, Starship Child Health
- New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital
- Combine New Zealand lifestyle experience with working in a world-renowned tertiary hospital
- Permanent full-time position
- Great relocation assistance provided
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
About the role
The Blood and Cancer Centre in Starship Children’s Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a permanent, full-time position to join as a Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Consultant. We are able to offer great relocation assistance and a great team environment for a smooth transition into this role.
In this role, you will provide leadership in the Starship Blood and Cancer centre clinically and non-clinically to ensure that all children we care for receive excellent and equitable care. To ensure that we provide excellent and equitable care you will be involved in a variety of non-clinical areas, such as trainee supervision, medical and nursing education, quality improvement and research.
You will utilise your Paediatric Haematology/Oncology expertise by your involvement in clinical guideline and pathway development, medical education, multi-disciplinary team training, contributing to organisational wide systems such as pandemic responses. To improve the care of all children with cancer and haematological disorders in New Zealand, you will promote Paediatric Haematology Oncology regionally, nationally and internationally particularly with our neighbouring Pacific Island nations.
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For more information about the position or the selection process, please contact Dr Mark Winstanley, Service Clinical Director - Starship Blood and Cancer service, MWinstanley@adhb.govt.nz
About the Team/Service/Location
The Starship Blood and Cancer Centre (SBCC) is the only dedicated paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in New Zealand and provides all areas of child cancer and haematology care. We are based in Grafton, Auckland.
We specialise in meeting the needs of children and young people with cancer or haematological disorders. The children and young people seen within the Service, range from birth to adolescence. They come from ¾ of the North Island for Cancer care and for some services like Bone marrow Transplant we provide a national service. Some young people over fifteen where appropriate are also cared for by the service.
SBCC works within a multidisciplinary framework that includes Māori support workers, Pacific Island support workers, play specialists, social workers and clerical staff who work closely with the nursing and medical teams.
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About you
As the ideal candidate, you will have either been practising as a Paediatric Haematologist/Oncologist or completing training in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology at the time of application. We particularly welcome early career applicants.
You will also need to hold or be eligible for specialist (Vocational / Locum Tenens) registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand and have Fellowship of appropriate Medical College.
If you are an overseas applicant and have overseas medical qualifications, you will be required to provide EPIC source verification of your qualifications for your registration application. For more information about the registration process and source verification of qualifications, please visit www.mcnz.org.nz
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.
How to apply
We’ll be reviewing applications and conducting interviews as they come in, so the position may close before the listed deadline. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
To apply please click on the ‘Apply’ tab below, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role and attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.
If you have any accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Anél Foord, Recruitment Consultant at Anel.Foord@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz quoting ADHB22976 to discuss how we can best support your application.