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Join our multidisciplinary team at Starship Children’s Hospital, New Zealand’s leading tertiary paediatric facility, as a Paediatric Pain Medicine Specialist.
This permanent role offers flexible FTE options and is open to both local and international applicants.
Working within the Paediatric Complex Pain Service, you’ll collaborate with a compassionate, expert team including:
a Pain Medicine Physician
a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
a Psychologist
Specialist Nurses
a Physiotherapist
an Occupational Therapist.
Together, you’ll deliver community-based outpatient care and complex inpatient pain management for children and adolescents with chronic and complex pain conditions. This is a rare opportunity to shape service development, advance paediatric pain care, and make a lasting difference for young people and their whānau.
About you
You bring proven expertise in paediatric and adolescent pain management, thrive in a collaborative, multidisciplinary setting, and are committed to holistic, equitable care.
Qualifications and registration requirements include the following:
- Vocational registration (or eligibility) with the Medical Council of New Zealand
- FFPMANZCA or equivalent preferred
- Alternatively, you may be a vocationally registered Paediatrician, Paediatric Surgeon, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, or Anaesthetist with additional training and/or experience in pain medicine
- Eligibility to work in New Zealand is essential. Preference will be given to New Zealand citizens residents in line with employment regulations, though overseas applicants are encouraged to apply
For further information, please contact Dr Dean Frear Service Clinical Director, Paediatric Anaesthesia [email protected]
We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website.
Closing date: 12 December 2025
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