Consultant respiratory physician

Location: Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital and Hutt Hospital

Service: Respiratory Service

Contract: Permanent, full time (part time negotiable)

Salary: As per ASMS SECA

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the role

Fancy a change? We are looking for a respiratory/sleep physician (consultant) to expand our current team of 10 physicians. The successful applicant will join our existing friendly and supportive team, with a start date of between August to September 2025 (negotiable). The position is being advertised as full-time but we are happy to discuss options for flexible working.

The successful applicant will provide outpatient clinics in respiratory medicine and sleep / non-invasive ventilation. Sub-specialist training in Sleep Medicine is desirable but not essential. They will also join the existing respiratory on-call roster and provide ward cover 1 week in 8, looking after patients admitted under the specialist respiratory service and providing consult services to general medicine, intensive care and other services as required. Job-plans include approximately 30% non-clinical time for continuing medical education, quality improvement and service development.

For the right candidate with a strong research background, additional employment may be available by mutual agreement through the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, based at Wellington Hospital.

Additional sleep medicine related employment may be available by mutual agreement through WellSleep, a NATA accredited sleep laboratory, run by the University of Otago Sleep Investigation Centre. WellSleep employs six clinical physiologists to manage over 1,000 sleep studies each year. There is a range of home sleep apnoea testing and in-laboratory polysomnography including PAP titration, MSLT and MWT testing. There is also availability for daytime NIV acclimatisation and community based PAP trials.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

The Wellington Respiratory department is based in the main hospital for the capital city of New Zealand and provides secondary care to approximately 450,000 people and tertiary services to a population of around 1 million. The department currently provides sub-specialist clinics in asthma, cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, non-invasive ventilation, pleural disease, pulmonary hypertension, and sleep medicine as well as multi-disciplinary meetings covering interstitial lung disease, lung cancer and tuberculosis. Daily rapid-access clinics provide support for admission prevention and initial treatment of rapidly deteriorating conditions. We provide Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) for the lower North Island region.

Moū - About you

• Vocationally registered in Internal Medicine (Respiratory Medicine) with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
• FRACP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZ
• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
• Able to provide consistently high standards of medical care
• Relevant experience and training

Working for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is 'the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

How to apply

All applications must be submitted through our 'online careers'

We will review and interview applicants on an ongoing basis, recruitment process may closed early if the right candidate is found.

If you have any questions about the role, please email

Closing Date: Sunday, 2 November 2025

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