Position: Cardiology Fellow (Interventional)
Location: Wellington Regional Hospital
Service: Cardiology Service
Contract: Full time, fixed term 12 months – starting Feb 2025
Salary: As per ASMS SECA – Fellow step
Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role
The successful applicant will acquire expertise as the primary operator on all invasive diagnostic procedures as well as coronary interventions. The two cardiac catheterisation laboratories dedicated to coronary work are both equipped with invasive physiology (FFR/resting indices) intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), optical coherence tomography (OCT) invasive physiology (FFR/iFR), intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) and atherectomy. The successful applicant will also have broad exposure to the entire spectrum of coronary disease, including chronic stable coronary artery disease, chronic total occlusion (CTO), calcified lesions, bifurcations and acute coronary syndromes and ST-elevation MI as well as ethanol septal ablations. The structural heart team also performs the following interventions: TAVI, left atrial appendage closure, ASD/PFO closure and mitral valvuloplasty.
The interventional fellow will spend 9 sessions a week in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory and one session in an out-patient clinic. Fellows are expected to be involved in more than 700 PCIs and 300 intravascular imaging studies as well as some structural interventions during their fellowship.
Mō tō mātou rōpū – About our team
The Wellington Cardiology Service provides secondary and tertiary care for a population of about 1 million. Patients treated by the department on a secondary level are domiciled in the Wellington Region, Porirua basin and Kapiti Coast.
Tertiary referrals are accepted from the Hutt Valley, Palmerston North, Mid Central, Wairarapa, Whanganui, Hawkes Bay and Nelson-Mralborough districts. All modern cardiac services are represented – except cardiac transplantation and complex paediatric procedures.
The Cardiology department includes, outpatient clinics, including specialist outpatient clinics at Wellington, Hutt Valley, Kenepuru, Kapiti and Whanganui hospitals, a rehabilitation service and a range of diagnostic monitoring services at Wellington and a Cardiac Care Unit for acute cardiac assessment and management.
Day cases are managed in the Interventional Recovery Ward, adjacent to the cardiac catheter suite.
Moū – About you
- Vocationally registered in Internal Medicine (Cardiology) with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
- FRACP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for with the MCNZ
- Or senior physician trainee with broad experience in the management of complex medical patients
- Background training in a recognised Cardiology training program
- FRACP written and clinical exams or equivalent, and preferably completion and approval of the RACP advanced training in Cardiology
- Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Able to provide consistently high standards of medical care
- Relevant experience and training
E pā ana ki a tatou – About us
Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley district is located centrally in Wellington and has over 6,000 full-time equivalent staff, making us one of the major employers in the Wellington region. We operate three hospitals – Wellington Regional Hospital in Newtown, Hutt Valley Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua – as well as the Kāpiti Health Centre at Paraparaumu.
Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District 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.
Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District is a pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
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 [email protected] and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.
We are not accepting applications via recruitment agencies.
Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai
By joining together we will succeed