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Benefits of Weatherby

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This North Island hospital is seeking a non-invasive Adult Cardiologist with skills in non-invasive cardiac imaging to provide support for our echocardiogram services and clinical oversight of echocardiogram reports to meet New Zealand guidelines. Whilst not essential, experience in CT coronary angiography (CTCA) and Cardiac MRI is desirable. Expertise in clinical trials is desirable.

The service aims to develop the roles of cardiac nurse practitioner (NP), clinical nurse specialists (CNS), accompanied by an uplift in cardiac CNS capacity to enhance the nurse-led, community-based cardiac care and prevention. 

Make a difference in a small community as part of a dynamic team of professionals providing a high-quality, timely, and evidence-based cardiology service. Our overarching aim is to improve cardiac health for the people of New Zealand and reduce inequities of health outcomes experienced by people living in an isolated and rural community.

Day-to-day responsibilities include outpatient clinics, ward consultation, reporting investigations, providing support for clinical colleagues, cardiac physiologists, cardiac technicians, and echocardiography triaging, and protocoling imaging requests.

The North Island of New Zealand is known for its volcanic activity, national parks, and cosmopolitan cities. Surrounded by bays and islands, it’s known as “the City of Sails.” At its southern tips is harbourside capital Wellington, home to the national museum, Te Papa. 

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