Job Overview
An excellent opportunity for a consultant in general orthopaedic and trauma surgery to join a secondary care hospital with a busy orthopaedic department staffed by 5 specialists supported by resident medical officers.
Highlights
An excellent opportunity for a consultant in general orthopaedic and trauma surgery to join a secondary care hospital with a busy orthopaedic department staffed by 5 specialists supported by resident medical officers.
Highlights
- Attractive remuneration package + 6% Superannuation
- Ongoing training and development, including financial support for 10 days of continuing medical training and relocation assistance provided
- Experience in Hips & Knee Arthroplasty will be highly advantageous.
- 40 hour working week plus 1 in 5 on call
- Provide a comprehensive Trauma & Orthopaedic service across the hospital
- Offer acute inpatient assessment and treatment
- Deliver outpatient and fracture clinics
- Provide effective leadership to multidisciplinary staff members
- Develop teaching, training and research within the organisation
- Share the responsibility for the acute care of Trauma and Orthopaedics Patients
- Develop and deliver a comprehensive service in foot and ankle surgery
- Work with specialist physiotherapists, specialist nurses and physician colleagues within the ortho-geriatric service to provide clinical care for patients with frailty fragility fractures.
- Salary based on ASMS SECA Collective Agreement
- On call allowances
- Ongoing training and development opportunities, including financial support up to $16,000 per year for continuing medical training
- Relocation assistance to ensure a smooth transition for you
- Opportunities to mentor and develop more junior doctors
- Opportunities to also work within the private market
- The relaxed lifestyle living in a picturesque region location provides
- FRACS or equivalent qualification
- Eligible to hold vocational registration with the Medical Council of NZ in Orthopaedic Surgery
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, allowing you to effectively interact with a diverse range of patients and staff
- Strong teamwork skills will enable you to work effectively with your team and other departments
If this position is of interest to you please upload a recent CV for our immediate consideration.
