Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
- Intensive Care Services: Intensive Care Registrar / Non Clinical Fellow (Four Positions)
- Simulation and Education Fellow
- Trauma Fellow
- Research Fellow
- Echocardiography Fellow
- 12 month Fixed-term positions, starting 2 February 2026 or 3 August 2026
- Providing RMO level support to Wakefield Private Hospital
- Developing a non-clinical interest/portfolio at Wellington Regional Hospital
- Salaries are calculated based on relevant previous years of experience and the average weekly hours of work as set out in the relevant run description below.
- For the current salary bands, please refer to either the Specialty Trainees of New Zealand (SToNZ) or Resident Doctors - Association (RDA) Multi-Employer Collective Agreements.
Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team
New Zealand - s capital city, Wellington is a vibrant place to live and work and has repeatedly been voted as New Zealand - s top lifestyle city. Wellington is considered cultural and creative hub of the country and hosts numerous cultural events as well as live theatre, music and festivals. We are renowned for our caf culture, nightlife, fantastic restaurants, sparkling harbour, surf spots, amazing views, outdoor activities and close proximity to vineyards ensuring you are never short of activities to do outside of working hours. For more information about living in Wellington, visit the Discover Wellington website
Our Hospitals and Services
Join our fellow 740 Resident Medical Officers employed by the Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley to gain leading experience, medical supervision and training.
Wellington Regional and Kenepuru Hospitals
Wellington Regional and Kenepuru Hospitals
Wellington ICU provides tertiary Intensive Care services for a million people in central New Zealand, covering a geographic radius of 300 kilometres and including the upper South Island & lower North Island. We support six other public hospitals that have Intensive Care Units and one hospital that does not. To manage such a large area we run a busy Flight Retrieval Service with the capability to provide Intensive Care-level retrievals around the clock.
The ICU is a 24 bed unit with a separate dedicated 12 bed high dependency unit, giving a total of 36 beds. We provide general intensive care as well as supporting subspeciality services including cardiology & cardiothoracics, paediatric surgery, neurosurgery and trauma. Our service is strongly consultant-led and consultant ward rounds are performed three times a day on week days (8am, 4pm and 8pm) and twice a day during the weekend (8am and 8pm).
We admit over 2000 patients every year of which 40% are elective (including approximately 600 cardiothoracic patients). Approximately 8% of admissions are paediatrics. The median length of stay for patients is 40 hours. For more information see the Wellington ICU website: www.wellingtonICU.com
Wellington ICU
- Overall we 19 Wellington ICU registrar positions, 4 Wakefield/ Wellington ICU reg / non clinical fellows and 4 Wellington ICU fellow / senior registrar positions. These fellow jobs are advertised separately and are only suitable for those who are nearing completion of ICU training. We support a mixture of trainees rotating from anaesthesia, medicine, emergency medicine and surgery, as well as College of Intensive Care Medicine trainees.
- This position gives applicants the opportunity to gain experience in ICU non-clinical roles including education, simulation, research, trauma, aeromedical, echocardiography, as well as the opportunity to work clinically in Wellington ICU.
- This position includes exciting opportunities to be involved with the flight retrieval service. Our ICU provides a regional helicopter & fixed wing based retrieval service for transfer for critically ill patients in central NZ.
- A strong research focus - working in our department provides the opportunity to be involved in critical care research that will change practice around the world;
- An excellent teaching program with multidisciplinary input led by senior clinicians, regular simulation training and we run the Wellington Intensive Care Medicine course, a very popular ICU part 2 preparation course.
Wakefield Hospital
- Wakefield Hospital is a newly rebuilt 47 bed private hospital providing mostly post-operative elective surgical care. There is a 10 bed ICU that mostly cares for patients after elective cardiac surgery with a small number of post-operative neurosurgical and general surgical patients.
- Wakefield Hospital is located in the same suburb as Wellington Hospital, approx. 1 km away.
- While at Wakefield Hospital you will work alongside the surgeons and anaesthetists providing mostly after-hours post-operative care. After-hours you will often be the only on-site doctor which is why it is important that you have anaesthetic/airway experience. You will have on-call support from either the Intensivist or Anaesthetist.
Moū - About you
- Suitable for Resident Medical Officers who are training in intensive care medicine or anaesthesia or overseas specialists wanting to learn new skills and recharge their batteries on a paid sabbatical in New Zealand.
- These positions are designed to be self-direct learning time heavy, providing a good opportunity to pursue a subspecialty interest, with a workload and roster that facilitates studying for exams.
- You will contribute towards and help develop one of four subspecialty programmes within the ICU: Research, Simulation and Education, Trauma and Echocardiography. Each programme has a designated supervisor.
- As this role includes support for Wakefield Private Hospital ICU, the candidate must be independently competent at airway management. This means you would have at least 12 months of dedicated anaesthesia experience. Candidates should be working at an advanced level within ICU or Anaesthesia as this role partakes in the after-hours roster working on call in a supervisory capacity (supported and supervised by our ICU specialists)
- The minimum duration of appointment is six months.
- You must have eligibility for general or provisional general registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand. Information on the process of application for this can be found on their website at http://www.mcnz.org.nz/ or http://www.mcnz.org.nz/get-registered/registration-self-assessment-tool/
- You will need to either be an Australian or New Zealand resident, or have an appropriate visa to be eligible to live and work in NZ. The immigration NZ website can be found at https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas
Please note - important information for overseas graduates who are applying: The MCNZ has introduced a new method of primary source verification using the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates - Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials (ECFMG - s EPIC) service. if you are successful in obtaining a role in New Zealand, you will be required to have your primary medical degree verified through EPIC. Before MCNZ will start processing your application, you must have had your documents verified by EPIC. If you have would like more information about primary-source verification, please see MCNZs website or EPIC - s FAQ webpage.
E pā ana ki a tatou - About us
Here at the Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast, Hutt Valley & Wairarapa districts we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.
To find out more about us click on the following links:
Capital and Coast District
Hutt Valley District
Wairarapa District
Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply
Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email RMO_Recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.
Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai
By joining together we will succeed