Details
This vacancy is part-time hours (negotiable up to 0.7FTE) for a Sonographer performing a dual role providing ultrasound imaging to Radiology Services & the Women’s Health service. We have permanent and temporary hours within both departments.
The Radiology service is multi-disciplinary, employing Radiologists, Nurses, Administration Support Staff and Medical Imaging Technologists and is a training institution for Radiology Registrar’s, MITs and Sonographers. The services support tertiary Radiology imaging for the lower North Island and upper south island capturing a population of over one million people.
The multidisciplinary team in Women’s Health Service is dedicated to ensuring excellence in obstetric and gynaecological care. Service provides an integrated mix of inpatient/outpatient/day patient and domiciliary services. Services are delivered in Wellington and Kenepuru hospitals, Kapiti Health Centre, out-reach clinics and domiciliary midwifery services. A dedicated Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) Department sits within Women’s’ health.
The majority of Sonographers are rostered across both areas and enjoy working closely with both teams. In both areas we undertake regular training/upskilling in subspecialist areas (e.g. MFM, Vascular, MSK)
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• Registered and licenced Sonographer with the MRTB
• Experience in some or all:
o Abdominal scanning
o Small parts
o Vascular
o MSK
o Paediatric
o Gynecological (performed in Women’s department)
o Perinatal (performed in Women’s department)
ABOUT OUR ORGANISATION
Capital and Coast DHB (CCDHB) is located centrally in Wellington and has over 5,100 full-time equivalent staff, making us one of the major employers in the Wellington region. CCDHB operates two hospitals – Wellington
Regional Hospital in Newtown and Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua – as well as the Kapiti Health Centre at Paraparaumu.
The Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service (MHAIDS) spans three DHBs - Wairarapa, Hutt Valley and Capital and Coast DHB’s and includes local, regional, and national services. The local MHAIDS services are provided from multiple sites within the 3DHB sub-region – greater Wellington, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa.
Here at CCDHB we embrace diversity and welcome applications from people of 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.
CCDHB is a pro-equity Health Organisation, with a particular focus on Maori and Pacific Peoples.
CCDHB provides a range of specialist services including neurosurgery, oncology, neonatal intensive care and community-based services including district nursing, rehabilitation services, social work, alcohol and drug services, and home support services to a population of around 900,000 people.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications will not be accepted via email. All candidates applying for any of our current vacancies must complete an online CCDHB application form by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.
Applications close on 1 September 2019. Please ensure your uploaded CV and cover letter is in either Word or PDF format. For further information on this role, please email dani.armstrong@ccdhb.org.nz and please indicate the vacancy number (AH111-19) and job title in the subject line.
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