Anaesthetic Fellows & Pain Fellows

• Anaesthesia Fellow Roles (Subspecialty and General), Large Teaching Hospital – Middlemore

• Auckland, New Zealand. 2025 and 2026 roles available.

About the Role

The Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Health New Zealand, Counties Manukau District is delighted to invite applications for our Fellowship roles commencing January 2026. As a prominent ANZCA-accredited teaching hospital in metropolitan Auckland, and one of the busiest acute surgical centres in Australasia, we are well-placed to offer unparalleled opportunities for your growth and learning.

About the Team/Service/ Location

With 24 theatres across 2 sites, we are a regional tertiary referral centre for acute spine, pelvic trauma, mangled limb and reconstructive surgery, and are home to the National Burns Centre, delivering world-class burns trauma care to New Zealand, the Pacific and Tahiti. Additionally, we provide support to a bustling Obstetric Unit with over 7000 deliveries per annum, many of which are complex. We are seeking motivated and energetic individuals for pre-approved ANZCA training positions (12 months, fixed-term) :

• Anaesthesia, with an interest in BURNS

• Anaesthesia, with an interest in OBSTETRICS

• Anaesthesia, with an interest in PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE

• Anaesthesia, with an interest in REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA

• Anaesthesia, with general experience across our surgical specialties (several roles available).

We are additionally recruiting to flexible 6-12 month fixed-term ANZCA training positions
commencing in July of this year , 2025.

• Anaesthesia, with an interest in OBSTETRICS
• Anaesthesia, with general experience across our surgical specialties (several roles available)

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About you

The ideal candidate will be

1. Eligible to enter provisional fellow year (PFY) or first year post FANZCA (ANZCA)

2. ST6/ST7 or post CCT (UK), or equivalent. We welcome international applicants with equivalency of experience, provided eligibility criteria for registration with the Medical Council New Zealand can be met.

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. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Barbs @ Barbara.ridgway@middlemore.co.nz

For further information: Fellowship Programmes | Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau

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Or you may also contact the Fellow Supervisor, Dr Sarah Kennedy on AnaestheticFellowshipEnquiries@middlemore.co.nz

Pain Fellows:

Want a new challenge and the opportunity to work closely with an experienced and supportive multidisciplinary team?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Pain Fellow to join our pain teams.

This is a fixed-term 12 month position for the year January 2026 – January 2027. We are an accredited level 1 training site for the Faculty of Pain Medicine of ANZCA, and preference will be given to current trainees of the Faculty of Pain Medicine or those intending to embark on training.

The successful applicant will become a member of our outpatient chronic, and inpatient acute and complex, multidisciplinary pain teams. They will work across Middlemore Hospital, the Manukau Super Clinic, and other outlying pain clinics. Middlemore Hospital is a busy acute tertiary hospital that amongst multiple specialities is home to the National Burns Service, a regional spinal cord injury service, and Kidz First Children’s Hospital.

To learn more about training to be a Specialist Pain Medicine Physician please visit anzca.edu.au/education-training/pain-medicine-training-program

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For my information, please contact Barbs Ridgway on

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process.

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At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.

Additional Information

• Job Field: Clinical-Medical Specialist & Fellows-Anaesthesia