Provisional fellowship year
Provisional fellowship positions available in New Zealand
If you have completed basic training and two years of advanced training, passed the final exam, and completed Modules 1 to 10, you can spend your ATY 3 (or parts of it) as a provisional Fellow. You can still finish your formal project during this time. Prospective approval from the Director of Professional Affairs Assessor is required.
The provisional fellowship year (PFY) is a chance for an individualised program of training and must be within a hospital department (or other organisation) approved by the College. As a provisional Fellow you are not a specialist and must still be supervised appropriately. Distance supervision will not ordinarily be permitted for more than three months. You will be acceptable to the College to supervise ANZCA trainees.
A PFY will allow for the development of a consultant approach, an interest in continuing education and teaching, and an understanding of research methods and techniques. It may be recognised for intensive care/pain medicine training and/or experience in a field of special interest or a deficient area of training.
About half of the New Zealand trainees undertake a PFY, the others remain in ATY3, some even if they would fulfil the criteria to become a PFY. Fifteen per cent of PFYs are undertaken overseas, with the UK and Canada the most popular destinations.
To see provisional fellowships available in New Zealand, please click on the hospital name.
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Fellowship position | Sub-specialty |
Duration | Application dates | Contact |
| Whangarei Hospital | 1 PFY | Available for anyone who is at the end of their training and would like a more senior position with a good deal of independence. They would need to be prepared to participate in the registrar night call roster, although, depending upon junior versus senior manpower requirements, they have done supervised specialist call in the past (i.e. they are on, but have a registered specialist available to call on if needed) | 12 months | Dr Stephen Pearce stephen.pearce@northlanddhb.org.nz |
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| North Shore Hospital | 4 PFY |
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6 months or 1 year post fellowship | Dr Darcy Price darcy.Price@waitematadhb.govt.nz |
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| Auckland City Hospital - Starship | 2 PFY | Paediatric | 1 year (6 months anaesthesia & 6 months PICU) |
Dr Phil Wolstencroft PhilW@adhb.govt.nz |
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| Auckland City Hospital - Level 4 | 4 PFY | Cardiothoracic (post fellowship) | 1 year (6 months Anaesthesia & 6 months Cardiac Vascular ICU) |
Dr Andrew McKee AndrewM@adhb.govt.nz or SaraA@adhb.govt.nz |
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| Auckland City Hospital - Level 9 | 2 PFY | Obstetrics | 6 months or 1 year |
Dr Marty Minehan MMinehan@adhb.govt.nz |
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| Auckland City Hospital - Level 8 & Auckland Regional Pain Service | 3 PFY |
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6 months 6 months 12 months | Dr Karen Smith KarenSm@adhb.govt.nz |
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| Auckland City Hospital - Auckland Regional Pain Service | 1 PFY | Pain medicine | 12 months | Dr Kieran Davis KieranD@adhb.govt.nz |
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| Middlemore Hospital | 5 PFY |
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1 year | Applications for 2 positions close 24 October 2011 | Dr Julian Dimech julian.dimech@middlemore.co.nz |
| Waikato Hospital | PFY | Some PF positions - but not formally advertised, rather "created" for suitable applicants. | Dr Alan Crowther alan.crowther@waikatodhb.health.nz |
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| Taranaki Hospital | 1 FPY | Accredited for a provisional fellowship year - rural centre, 100,000 population. Offering experience in general, ENT, maxillofacial, gynaecology, orthopaedics and thoracic surgery. Chronic pain and ICU experience also available (surfing optional). | Dr Charlie Brown charlie.brown@tdhb.org.nz |
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| Tauranga Hospital | PFY occasionally | Offer a PFY position from time to time – is dependent on a vacancy in the SMO ranks. | Dr Pierre Botha pierre.botha@bopdhb.govt.nz |
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| Rotorua Hospital | Fellowship | Funded for a total of two registrar positions, can either be a first year or a fellowship position. | Dr Mandy Perrin mandy.perrin@lakesdhb.govt.nz |
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| Wellington Hospital | 4 PFY |
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Dr Ross Dysart ross.dysart@ccdhb.org.nz |
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Dr Elaine Langton elaine.langton@ccdhb.org.nz |
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Dr Paul Hardy paul.hardy@ccdhb.org.nz |
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Dr Sandy Garden sandy.garden@ccdhb.org.nz |
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| Nelson Hospital | 1 PFY occasionally |
Offer a PFY position from time-to-time – our situation varies year-to-year per SMO staffing. | Dr Allan Grant or Dr Gareth Harris allan.grant@nmhs.govt.nz or gareth.harris@nmhs.govt.nz |
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| Christchurch Hospital | 5-6 PFY | Subspecialty interests can often be accommodated, including obstetrics, regional, airway, hyperbaric medicine, major general surgery (including hepatobiliary), paediatric, vascular and neuroanaesthesia (depending on module requirements of other trainees). PFY positions allow trainees to take on increased responsibility and they do not participate in the registrar on-call roster, but rather an evening roster managing the general acute theatres (not obstetrics). There is limited weekend work. | 12 Months | Applications close 11 November 2011 | Dr Ashley Padayachee ashley.p26@gmail.com |
| Dunedin Hospital | 2 PFY |
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Dr Paul Templer paul.templer@southerndhb.govt.nz |
