Fellowship Opportunities in Anaesthesia – Auckland (Counties Manukau), New Zealand

Regional Health

Job Location:

Auckland Council - New Zealand

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Fellowship Opportunities in Anaesthesia Auckland (Counties Manukau) New Zealand

Expressions of interest - fixed-term starting in February 2027

Work across new and existing theatre facilities

Comprehensive training programme with broad sub-specialty options

Friendly and collegial team within great community setting

We are a leading tertiary teaching hospital situated in the beautiful harbour city of Auckland.

As one of Australasias busiest acute surgical centres we operate 24 theatres across two campuses (Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Surgical Centre) plus we have the exciting new Manukau Health Park facility in development (Project Overview). With 10 ANZCA-accredited fellowship positions available annually our department offers exceptional opportunities for professional development as you transition to independent consultant (attending) practice.

The Fellowship Experience

Our anaesthesia fellowships offer a comprehensive and varied clinical experience across a wide range of surgical subspecialties providing a solid generalist experience. Our fellows can also choose to focus their training in one of the following areas:

Obstetric Anaesthesia
Burns and reconstructive surgery
Perioperative Medicine
Regional Anaesthesia

Heres what some of our previous fellows had to say:

Comments

Our roles are ideally suited for those in their final year of training (or ST6/7) early consultant career (FANZCA post-CCT) or equivalent. The fellow experience covers acute surgical theatre work managing independent elective lists and contributing to out-of1theatre clinical responsibilitiesproviding a well-rounded generalist anaesthetic foundation.

On your Cover Letter please outline your speciality preferences.

To view the format of the ideal CV that would best show your abilities/skills please click here.

About the Department

We are a metropolitan tertiary referral centre for complex cases including acute spinal injury pelvic trauma mangled limb maxillofacial trauma and major plastic reconstructive surgeries. We are also home to the National Burns Centre delivering world-class burns care to patients from across New Zealand and the Pacific.

Our department supports a busy Obstetric Unit with over 7000 deliveries annually many of which involve high-risk cases. We are a large department that is proud of our collegial and supportive team culture and can offer additional learning opportunities in paediatric care advanced airway management including for bronchoscopy transthoracic echo POCUS and acute pain management.

Candidate Requirements

We welcome applications from candidates who meet the following criteria:

Eligible to enter the Provisional Fellow Year (PFY) or first year post-FANZCA(ANZCA)
ST6/ST7 at commencement or post-CCT (UK) or equivalent.
International applicants are warmly encouraged to apply provided they meet eligibility for registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ).

*Eligibility self-assessment tool can be found at at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori Pacific disabled and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply please click apply now. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal. If you have any questions about your application or encounter any technical issues please contact Barbara Ridgway on

To view the Position Description pleaseclick here:

For more information about the role please contact the Fellow Supervisor Dr Sarah Kennedy on

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients whaanau community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga Kind Manaakitanga Together Kotahitanga Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too then join us today.#healthnzfellows

Additional Information

Fellowship Opportunities in Anaesthesia Auckland (Counties Manukau) New Zealand Expressions of interest - fixed-term starting in February 2027 Work across new and existing theatre facilities Comprehensive training programme with broad sub-specialty options Friendly and collegial team within great c...