Regional/Pain at Dunedin
This Provisional Fellowship is a 12-month, ANZCA-accredited position, beginning in February (start and finish dates are flexible). The exact nature of the fellowship can be tailored to the individual’s preference, allowing the fellow to choose one or a combination of the following areas of interest:
· Regional Anaesthesia
o Staffing, and teaching on, the hospital block service
o Helping develop the block service
o Regular exposure to upper and lower limb orthopaedic lists
· Acute Pain Management
o Staffing Acute Pain rounds
o Involvement in Quality Improvement projects
o Teaching for nurses/junior medical staff
· Persistent Pain Medicine
o Working in the Persistent Pain Clinic
o Involvement in Quality Improvement projects
A typical working week involves 1-2 days of clinical work related to the fellow’s areas of interest; 2 days of “service provision” (staffing an operating theatre under level 1, 2, or 3 supervision); and 1 non-clinical day. In addition, the fellow participates in the SMO roster working as a second SMO for 4-5 evening shifts a month, and 1 in 5 weekends, but does not work night shifts.
Dunedin Hospital is a 400-bed tertiary hospital serving the Otago area. Surgical specialities include orthopaedics, general, ENT, maxillofacial, vascular, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic, obstetric, gynaecology, and plastic surgery. There are 10 operating theatres, in addition to interventional radiology, cath lab, endoscopy and the procedure room. A new 18-theatre hospital is currently under construction with opening of the day-surgery building being scheduled for 2025.
Dunedin city is a friendly university town of approximately 100 000 people. It is known for its wide range of outdoor activities including mountain biking, tramping, surfing, and fishing and hunting, as well as popular cycle trials. It plays host to international sports and music events, holds annual food and craft beer festivals, and is the site of New Zealand’s only castle. It is also only 3 ½ hours from Queenstown and Wanaka.
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Contact: Dr James Clark
Email: James.Clark@southerndhb.govt.nz
Follow this link to apply: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/job-invite/17967/