Following the retirement of the current director, the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney seeks a full time Director of Nephrology to lead the Department into the future. The Hospital is located in Sydney’s eastern suburbs adjacent to the University of New South Wales Medical School and close to eastern beaches, schools and 8 km from the city centre. The Randwick Hospitals campus contains the Prince of Wales Hospital, the Sydney Children’s Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women. The Randwick Hospitals provide a comprehensive service covering all aspects of care.
The Department of Nephrology was established in the early 1960s and performed the first kidney transplant in NSW in 1965. The transplant service provides acute transplant care for the Joint East Coast Renal Transplant Network that includes Prince of Wales, Sydney Children’s, St George and Wollongong Hospitals covering a population of 1.4M. The Department of Nephrology provides a comprehensive care programme for adults with kidney disease including a home dialysis training unit and satellite dialysis located at the War Memorial Hospital nearby in Waverley. The Department in manned by five specialists all of whom hold primary or conjoint appointments to the University of NSW and Nephrologists from Sydney Children’s, Wollongong and St George Hospitals are fully cross-accredited. There is an active research interest in both clinical and laboratory methods particularly related to vascular and complement biology and the neuropathy of chronic kidney disease. The Department maintains a strong commitment to teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The Director is expected to provide leadership in the administration and governance of the department and provide a high quality specialist service to adults with all forms of kidney disease, including those on dialysis and following kidney transplantation. The new director would be expected to have some previous experience in management at a department level and an interest and commitment to clinical and/or laboratory research in collaboration with the interests of the Department.
This is a full-time permanent staff specialist position. The appointment as Director will be for 5 years in the first instance. The successful applicant would be expected to fully participate is all the activities of the Department including clinical, teaching and research. The successful applicant may be offered a conjoint academic appointment within the University of NSW at the Prince of Wales Hospital Clinical School at Associate Professor or Professor according to qualifications and experience.
Salary and conditions are according to the NSW Staff Specialist state award and depend on qualifications and experience.
Enquiries to:
Professor B A Pussell, phone: (02) 9382 4450 (Email: b.pussell@unsw.edu.au) or Dr James Mackie, phone (02) 9382 2775 (Email: james.mackie@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au).
Applications (including three referees) to Human Resources, Prince of Wales Hospital, Barker Street Randwick NSW 2031, by 4 July 2008.
Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, has all the amenities of a major city, as well as superb weather and an outdoors lifestyle, from beaches to ski fields, cafes and cultural events, all nestled on one of the world's best harbours.
CMDHB offers excellent career development and training, working at the cutting edge of the latest technology. CMDHB is recognised as one of the busiest community health care providers in Australasia, serving New Zealand's most culturally diverse population. It's this diversity that offers unique opportunities for health professionals on both a personal and professional level.
Middlemore Hospital is the main hub for acute care and referral services within CMDHB. It is an accredited, 800 beds, teaching hospital of Auckland University and caters for most medical and surgical specialties with a catchment area of around 400,000 people.
We are currently seeking a Clinical Head who will provide leadership and direction in partnership with the Service Manager and Nursing Leaders for the Renal Service at CMDHB. Ideally you would have strong teamwork skills, be a strategic thinker and enjoy being innovative in looking for new approaches to service delivery.
Our Renal Department currently has 6.5 Renal Physicians with a further 1 being recruited now, as well as 2 Medical Officers, 3 Registrars and 2 House Officers, 1 Nurse Manager, 3 Charge Nurses, 4 Clinical Nurse Specialists, nurses, technicians and allied health staff.
We provide excellence of care in renal medicine, high quality under-graduate and post-graduate teaching, and have a focus on research. As New Zealand's largest provider of renal replacement therapy, it currently treats over 450 dialysis patients. All dialysis modalities are provided and there is a strong philosophy of supporting our patients to achieve independent home based renal replacement therapy. We are very active in the follow up of renal transplant patient and there is a major outpatient clinic with an interesting spectrum of pathology.
Salary and conditions of service will be in accordance with the New Zealand ASMS collective agreement. Applicants must have suitable training and hold a vocational registration in Internal Medicine/Renal Medicine. Eligibility to be registered with the New Zealand Medical Council is a prerequisite, www.mcnz.org.nz.
For further information please contact Assoc ProfessorJeff Garrett , Clinical Director- Division of Medicine , phone +64 21 784, 097, or email jrosman@middlemore.co.nz, alternatively Nicole Nairn in the Recruitment Centre +64 9 276 0044 ext 8680 or recruitment@middlemore.co.nz.
Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, has all the amenities of a major city, as well as superb weather and an outdoors lifestyle, from beaches to ski fields, cafes and cultural events, all nestled on one of the world's best harbours.
CMDHB offers excellent career development and training, working at the cutting edge of the latest technology. CMDHB is recognised as one of the busiest community health care providers in Australasia, serving New Zealand's most culturally diverse population. It's this diversity that offers unique opportunities for health professionals on both a personal and professional level.
Middlemore Hospital is the main hub for acute care and referral services within CMDHB. It is an accredited, 800 beds, teaching hospital of Auckland University and caters for most medical and surgical specialties with a catchment area of around 400,000 people.
We are currently inviting applications for an additional full time Renal Physician to join our current team of 6.5 Renal Physicians, 2 Medical Officers, 3 Registrars and 2 House Officers.
We provide excellence of care in renal medicine, high quality under-graduate and post-graduate teaching, and have a focus on research. As New Zealand's largest provider of renal replacement therapy, it currently treats over 450 dialysis patients. All dialysis modalities are provided and there is a strong philosophy of supporting our patients to achieve independent home based renal replacement therapy. We are very active in the follow up of renal transplant patient and there is a major outpatient clinic with an interesting spectrum of pathology.
Salary and conditions of service will be in accordance with the New Zealand ASMS collective agreement. Applicants must have suitable training and hold a vocational registration in Internal Medicine/Renal Medicine. Eligibility to be registered with the New Zealand Medical Council is a prerequisite, www.mcnz.org.nz
For further information please contact Assoc Professor Johan Rosman, Clinical Head of the Renal Department, phone +64 21 543 639, or email jrosman@middlemore.co.nz, alternatively Nicole Nairn in the Recruitment Centre +64 9 276 0044 ext 8680 or recruitment@middlemore.co.nz
Applications are invited from Nephrologists to join the department of renal medicine based at Whangarei Hospital either as a fixed term or as a permanent position.
Whangarei Hospital is the regional hospital providing secondary care services to the northern most part of New Zealand. Northland covers an area of 12,600 square kilometres with a population of approx. 170,000. It boasts some of the most scenic and exciting coastal areas of New Zealand with a subtropical climate and relaxed lifestyle. Popular water recreation areas include the Bay of Islands and Poor Knights Islands Reserves.
The department has a complement of three nephrologists with registrar and house officer support. We provide team-based multi-disciplinary care for over 150 dialysis patients across satellite and in-centre haemodialysis, home haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis units. General Nephrology, hypertension and transplant clinics are provided throughout the region.
All applicants should be eligible or able to achieve eligibility for specialist registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand. Please visit www.mcnz.org.nz to check your eligibility.
Applications should be directed to: Shelley Mackey, Medical Staff Coordinator, Northland District Health Board, P O Box 742, Whangarei, New Zealand, Fax 09 430 4110 Email address: shelley.mackey@northlanddhb.org.nz
Vacancy No: MD07-011
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