2025 Training Year - Senior Registrar - Intensive Care Unit

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora

Otago
Permanent
Full-time

12 days ago

Dunedin Hospital

Salary band - $124,236 - $240,440 and Kiwisaver
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Mō te tūranga - About the roleHealth New Zealand- Southern is currently seeking applications from RMOs interested in joining our intensive care team at Dunedin Hospital. We are looking for enthusiastic senior registrars to join our team of Registrars and Senior House Officers. Applicants will be in the later stages of critical care training, either preparing for or having passed a relevant critical care fellowship examination.The Senior Registrar role is aimed at CICM trainees in the later stages of training but is open to other experienced critical care registrars wanting to progress their skills. There are 5 Senior Registrar positions. The roster is a 5-week rolling pattern of shifts, incorporating planned leave relief. The Senior Registrar is rostered a mixture of shifts, on-calls, and non-clinical time designed to balance the development of consultant-level skills, service provision and development of special skills. Daytime and on-call activities mirror those on the consultant roster, enabling the senior registrar to lead ward rounds and manage the unit overnight when on-call from home with appropriate SMO supervision.Senior Registrars will be expected to lead the ward round during the day and delegate tasks to registrars and SHOs as appropriate. Onsite SMO supervision between 0800-1800 is available at all times, with the intensity of that supervision tailored to the individual registrar. Those in their CICM transition year will be expected to work at the level of a junior consultant, with a degree of supervision and independence of practice that varies as their expertise develops. Clinical supervision will be provided by the Te Puna Wai Ora - Southern Critical Care consultant team. The proximity and nature of that supervision will change as the trainee develops, at a level deemed appropriate by the collective consultant body.Use of non-clinical time is designed to facilitate the development of special skills such as research, echocardiography, teaching/simulation, management, or other areas of interest by negotiation. Senior Registrars are also expected to contribute to registrar, SHO and nursing education where appropriate.Southern Critical Care is a mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit that provides exposure to trauma, neurosurgical, cardiothoracic, and some paediatric intensive care. The unit acts as a tertiary referral centre for the 400,000 people living in the lower South Island. We have a busy aeromedical retrieval team involved in both inter-hospital and prehospital transport, predominantly by helicopter. The unit has recently been refurbished and a state-of-the-art 22-bed bed-space unit is scheduled to open this year.Our Consultant and senior nursing staff are dedicated to providing high-quality registrar education. We provide a five-day orientation programme covering both critical care and aeromedical retrieval. Registrars attend weekly seminar-based education and fortnightly simulation sessions. In-house echocardiography and ultrasound, teaching is also available. We also offer a number of courses (link: ) locally including BASIC, RACEplus and advanced critical care echocardiography courses, and 4i.Dunedin Hospital has a strong collaborative relationship with the University of Otago, making a number of teaching and research options possible for those keen to pursue their academic careers whilst completing their clinical work. Statistical support is available for those wishing to complete a project as part of training (eg. the ACEM 4.10 requirement).The unit is accredited for Foundation training in intensive care medicine by CICM, as well as for ACEM critical care and RACP basic training. The run also provides invaluable experience for surgical registrars particularly prior to application for RACS training schemes.Mōu ake - About youOur ideal candidate will have the following:

Registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand or be eligible for general or provisional general registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand. You can check your eligibility for registration by visiting the Council's website at
We are interested in hearing from RMOs with a minimum of two years' post-qualification experience. We are also interested in hearing from more experienced critical care registrars with 6 months or more of anaesthetics or intensive care experience.

It is a requirement of the Medical Council of New Zealand that your qualifications are approved through EPIC. If you have a commitment to working in New Zealand, it is highly recommended that you start this process as soon as possible to allow your subsequent registration to be undertaken in a timely fashion. For more information, please visit MCNZ website re .Painga - Benefits

Free meals when on duty
Subsidised gym membership and discounted health insurance
Access to range of retail discounts

Mō mātou - About usHealth New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region.Utu whānui - Salary rangeThis role is covered by the terms and conditions of New Zealand Resident Doctors' Association & 20 DHB Multi Employer Collective 17 May 2021 - 31 March 2024 (NZRDA SECA) and Specialty Trainees of New Zealand and 20 District Health Boards Multi Employer Collective Agreement 14 February 2024 - 28 February 2026 (the STONZ SECA) and the salary will fall between $124,236 - $240,440 dependent on relevant experience.Rā mōnehu - Closing date: Monday, 10 June 2024.Please email rmorecruitment@southerndhb.govt.nz for further information.Pre-employment checksIn the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to the following:

Occupational health assessment
Police vetting/Ministry of Justice safety checks
Serious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)

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