Would you like to provide direct clinical care and improve outcomes to our rural communities in the north which serve a high Maori, high-needs population, all whilst living in one of these small towns that are rich in culture and heritage and boasts some of the most scenic and exciting coastal areas of New Zealand?

As Clinical Director of this dynamic service, you will be a proactive clinician with the ability to communicate effectively and build great working relationships with our close-knit hospital teams.  Our ideal candidate will have experience as a clinical lead in a rural hospital setting with excellent knowledge of medical staff, rostering, and day-to-day operations.

A key component as Clinical Director will be providing a high-quality, cost-effective service to meet the three rural Hospitals, Clinical and Organisational objectives.  The successful candidate will be one who is looking to make a contribution to improving outcomes for our rural communities – in particular for Maori, with a focus on addressing inequity.

In return, we can offer you the opportunity to work in a service that has a robust clinical governance structure in place, high standards of care, a supportive team environment, and an ability to contribute to improving services. We will support the person in this role to access leadership development opportunities.

It is anticipated that this role will be 1.0 FTE including providing clinical care within one or more of the following teams in the service.

Kaitaia Hospital

Bay of Islands Hospital

Dargaville Hospital

To learn more about our Services, we have a webpage available with further information and videos about working as a Rural Hospital Specialist in Northland.  Please click to view and feel free to contact us should you have any further queries.

All applicants MUST be eligible for registration and be able to gain either locum tenens and /or vocational registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand.