We're looking for an experienced consultant respiratory/sleep accredited physician to join our service.

The successful applicant will provide outpatient clinics in sleep medicine and non-invasive ventilation. The role will also help advancing the service, developing and overseeing clinical protocols, ensure regulatory and clinical compliance, and provide medical supervision for a growing team of nurses, junior doctors and sleep physiologists.

The role includes joining the existing respiratory on-call roster and providing ward cover, however this may be negotiable. Job-plans include approximately 30% non-clinical time for continuing medical education, quality improvement and service development. Additional sleep medicine related employment may be available by mutual agreement through WellSleep, a NATA accredited sleep laboratory, run by the University of Otago Sleep Investigation Centre.

WellSleep employs 6 clinical physiologists to manage over 1,000 sleep studies each year. The Wellington Respiratory department is based in the main hospital for the capital city of New Zealand and provides secondary care to approximately 450,000 people and tertiary services to a population of around 1 million.

Essential qualifications

• Vocationally registered in Internal Medicine (Respiratory Medicine) with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) 
• FRACP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZ
• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
• Able to demonstrate a high degree of clinical skill, particularly in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
• Sub-specialist training in Sleep Medicine is essential

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All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Sandra Tam sandra.tam@ccdhb.org.nz

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