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Connecting Doctors and Dentists with Exceptional Career Opportunities in New Zealand
Are you a doctor or dentist looking for your next career opportunity in a country renowned for its stunning landscapes, world-class healthcare system, and exceptional quality of life? Or are you a healthcare organization in New Zealand seeking skilled professionals to join your team?
At Odyssey Recruitment, we specialize in matching talented medical professionals with rewarding opportunities across New Zealand.
6 Reasons for Doctors and Dentists to Work in New Zealand
A World Class Healthcare System
Practice in a healthcare system ranked by the WHO as one of the world's best with unrestricted diverse opportunities across North and South Islands.
Competitive Remuneration
Earn a competitive remuneration package with guaranteed salary and allowances plus relocation package to ease your move, pension contributions and no National Insurance deductions.
Flexible Employment Terms
Sign up for permanent employment contracts or short term locum contracts with negotiable working hours, on call duties and telemedicine opportunities.
Citizenship & Residency
Secure New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency, open immediately to doctors and dentists with green listed skills, family members and pets included.
Educational Excellence
Benefit from New Zealand's excellent postgraduate medical training and internationally respected qualifications in specialist and subspecialist fields and unique rural and remote medicine.
Easy Professional Registration
Obtain a licence to practice medicine or dentistry in New Zealand via a straightforward and swift application process with separate processes for specialists and RMOs/ RDOs.
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The Medical Council of New Zealand recognises 36 specialist medical fields designated vocational scopes of practice.
Non specialist doctors work under general registration until they complete specialist training.
Anaesthesia Jobs
Anaesthesia jobs are an excellent career choice with positions available throughout North and South Islands of New Zealand.
Emergency Medicine Physician Jobs
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Radiologist Jobs
Radiology jobs in diagnostic and interventional radiology, subspecialist fields and teleradiology diagnostic services are available throughout New Zealand on a permanent, fixed term, locum and remote basis. Contact us for help to create a fulfilling career path.
General Medicine Physician Jobs
General (Internal Medicine) jobs include hospitalist and nocturnist positions.
the RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Looking for a medical job in New Zealand?
Register your CV with us to start your search for a medical or dental job. Our recruiters will advise you of your eligibility to practise medicine or dentistry in New Zealand.
Job Search Strategy
Once your eligiubility to work in New Zealand is assessed, our recruiters can assist you with a job search strategy.
By focusing on jobs which best match your scope of practice, career goals and lifestyle preferences, you can concentrate on preparing appliations for the jobs which are most suitable for you rather than wasting time on multiple random applications.
Our experienced recruiters will provide advice for CV drafting, tailored to each job application.
Job Interview Preparation
We provide advice and coaching for job interviews so that you can perform at your best. Read our interview advice articles
Job Offer Negotiation
We advise you of the relevant collective agreements in force in New Zealand's healthcare sector and appropriate for your level of practice, and help negotiate with employers to optimise your remuneration package.
Registration with the Medical and Dental Councils of New Zealand
All practising doctors and dentists must register with the Medical or Dental Councils of New Zealand and in the case of Maxillofacial Surgeons, with both.
All must have an Annual Practising Certificate prior to starting work.
Medical Indemnity Insurance
All doctors and dentists practising in New Zealand must hold medical indemnity insurance. NZMMI and Medicus Indemnity New Zealand INC are the two major companies which provide medical indemnity insurance in New Zealand, but there are other to chose from. All medical indemnity insurance costs are refunded by Health New Zealand for those practising in the public sector
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Ready for a change? Whether you’re looking for higher compensation, greater autonomy, a better work-life balance, or just a change in scenery, we have job opportunities in wonderful locations in New Zealand. Start your medical or dental job search today and embark on your next career move.
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Ready to hire medical or dental practitioners? We have an extensive data base of qualified candidates across the world ready for locum and permanent positions in New Zealand. Contact us to discuss your candidate requirements or submit details of a job vacancy using our form. Our recruiters will be delighted to discuss how we can assist.