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Hand Service Fellow

  • Auckland
  • Contract/temp
  • Healthcare
  • Posted 9 days ago
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Job Description

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role



With a growing population base and a commitment to research, innovation and quality, Counties Manukau Health has many attractive opportunities. As big as Counties Manukau Health is, we are a team of talented individuals working together to make a positive difference to the people we serve, to the communities we work in, and to each other. We are currently inviting applications for our Hand Fellowships from August 2026 to August 2027 within our department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery.


The Plastic Reconstructive and Hand Surgery service at CMH provides regional plastic surgery and tertiary Hand cover for the North part of the North Island with a population over 1.5 Million.   Our Hand team consist of 6 Orthopaedic Surgeons and 5 Plastic Surgery Hand Surgeons, supported by 2 fellows, 3 registrars and 2 house surgeons. In total we have 29 Consultant Plastic and Orthopaedic Surgeons in our department.


The training in hand and wrist surgery is comprehensive (except for congenital) and the unit is a busy trauma and tertiary referral centre. The service comprises of Orthopaedic and Plastic Hand Surgeons providing multi-speciality expertise. The (two) Fellows work alternate weeks of elective surgery (with the Orthopaedic Hand Team) and trauma (working with all surgeons of the department). Aggressive surgical intervention is combined with comprehensive auditing of patient outcomes to constantly upgrade the care and service. Further there is the opportunity for research, making this an exciting, enjoyable, and popular Fellowship.


The Middlemore Hand Service is part of the Australasian Post Fellowship Education Training (PFET) scheme in Hand Surgery and appropriately qualified Fellows can apply to have the Fellowship accredited for this role.


For more information, please contact Barbara.ridgway@middlemore.co.nz


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To apply please include your updated CV and Cover Letter.

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.