Obstetrics & Gynaecology Medical Specialist | Fixed Term

Obstetrics & Gynaecology Medical Specialist | Fixed Term

Obstetrics & Gynaecology Medical Specialist |Christchurch Women’s Hospital

Fixed Term, full-time position – 1.0 FTE for 18 months starting 2027
Christchurch Women’s Hospital | Ōtautahi, Christchurch

“Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi – Putting people at theheart of all we do”

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in theprinciples of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all NewZealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a healthsystem underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred careand excellence.

Here in Waitaha Canterbury, we deliver health services to adiverse and growing population, providing secondary and tertiary care acrossthe region and specialist services to patients from throughout Te Waipounamu,the South Island.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

We have an exciting Fixed term opportunity for an Obstetrics& Gynaecology Medical Specialist to join our team at Christchurch Women’sHospital.

Christchurch Women’s Hospital is located on the centralChristchurch Hospital campus, alongside Hagley Park and within walking distanceof the central city. It is a busy tertiary referral centre with approximately6,000 births each year. Our comprehensive service includes Maternal FetalMedicine alongside a large and varied gynaecology service. We are also theregional referral centre for Gynaecological Oncology for Te Waipounamu, theSouth Island.

Our Senior Medical Officer team is predominantly generalist,providing care across both Obstetrics and Gynaecology and workingcollaboratively with a broad multidisciplinary team.

As an Obstetrics & Gynaecology Medical Specialist, youwill contribute across the breadth of the service, providing high-qualityspecialist care to women and whānau. The role includes inpatient and acutecare, outpatient clinics and participation in the full SMO on-call roster.

Your clinical responsibilities may include:

• Generaland high-risk antenatal care;


• Acuteobstetric and gynaecological services;


• Colposcopyand outpatient procedural gynaecology;


• Inpatientspecialist care and clinical decision-making;


• Supervision,teaching and support of junior medical staff and trainees; and


• Contributionto clinical governance, quality improvement and the ongoing developmentofour service.

We particularly welcome applicants with a strong obstetricfocus. There is scope to further develop areas of special interest within theservice, including early pregnancy, preterm birth and high-risk obstetrics.

As part of our commitment to equitable, patient andwhānau-centred care, there may also be opportunities to contribute to outreachservices, supporting access to specialist care closer to home for communitiesacross Waitaha.

Christchurch Women’s Hospital is an accredited trainingcentre for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians andGynaecologists (RANZCOG), with both training and non-training registrars. As aSenior Medical Officer, you will play an important role in teaching,supervision and supporting the development ofour future specialist workforce.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Holdspecialist qualifications in Obstetrics and Gynaecology;


• Beeligible for vocational registration with the Medical Council of NewZealand;


• Havebroad experience across Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with confidencemanaging acute and complex presentations;


• Becommitted to providing safe, equitable and patient and whānau-centredcare;


• Workeffectively as part of a multidisciplinary team;


• Havean interest in teaching, supervision and supporting junior medical staff;and


• Bewilling to participate fully in the department’s after-hours and on-callroster.

If you are an Obstetrics & Gynaecology Specialistlooking for a fixed term opportunity within a busy tertiary service, we wouldlove to hear from you.

For further information about this opportunity, pleasecontact:

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