·       Based at Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand

• Permanent, full-time role
• Are you an experienced Cardiac Physiologist?
• Are you looking for an opportunity to grow your clinical leadership and management skills?
• Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced complex environment with abundant growth and development opportunities?

About the role

We have a new role for a clinical team leader responsible for managing 10 - 15 cardiac physiologist and technicians. As team leader, you will set goals and monitor team performance while providing specialist and advanced clinical practice in accordance with Auckland Hospitals codes of ethics and standards of practice.

Your other duties will include:

• collaborating with other clinical team leaders and supporting the Head of Department of Cardiac Physiology
• mentoring, coaching staff and managing staff performance.
• promoting an integrated approach to care that is patient-centred in partnership with a multidisciplinary team.

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

About the Team/Service/Location

The Cardiac Physiology Department comprises a dynamic and dedicated team of approximately 35 physiologists and technicians. Cardiac physiologists are part of a multidisciplinary team working in a wide range of procedures to diagnose and treat cardiac disease. Auckland Hospital offers both elective and acute care across a wide range of diagnostic and interventional procedures (including primary PCI, TAVI, EP and CIEDs) for adult patients and provides the national service for paediatric and adult congenital heart disease patients (cardiac catheterisation, EP and CIEDs).

The position is primarily based at Auckland City Hospital, an 1165 bed teaching hospital. Approximately 1100 coronary and 250 structural interventional procedures are undertaken at Auckland City Hospital each year. We work across a vast range of elective and acute diagnostic and interventional procedures for adult patients as well as providing the only service for paediatric and ACHD patients.

Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand is set in a pristine marine-based environment with a temperate climate and has a population of 1.5 million. It is a vibrant mixture of lifestyles and cultures and offers easy access to stunning and diverse scenery and a wonderful range of outdoor pursuits.

For more information on living and working in Auckland, click here.

About you

A suitable applicant to this position will ideally have:

• a tertiary qualification relevant to this role
• at least six years of post-qualification experience in cardiac physiology
• a demonstrable track record as a self-motivated, conscientious leader with a strong clinical and consumer focus
• excellent communication and operational management skills
• a commitment to biculturalism and achieving equitable outcomes for Māori
• experience in clinical leadership and project management.

Please note, at Auckland Hospital, Cardiac Sonography is a separate department from Cardiac Physiology.

Applicants are encouraged to enquire with SCT www.sct.org.nz and CPRB www.cprb.org.nz regarding eligibility for registration and APC in New Zealand.

Call New Zealand home

You’ll join collaborative, multidisciplinary teams with a culture of support and learning. Whether you’re arriving solo or with loved ones, our Health Immigration team can help with visas, settling in, housing, and community connections.

One of the best things about living and working in New Zealand is the opportunity to experience nature, outdoor adventure and vibrant cities so close to where you live and work. You're never far away from your next adventure in New Zealand with access to hiking, skiing, mountain biking, and water sports, as well as fine dining and diving into traditional experiences to learn more about Māori culture all across the country.

Working 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. For an initial informal discussion, please contact, Marina Fowler, Head of Department, Cardiac Physiology [email protected]

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, or require information in an accessible format, please contact, Jeanine Taccad, Recruitment Consultant [email protected] to discuss how we can best support your application.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website.