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PaediatricsThe Child and Youth Health service is a dynamic forward-thinking department. Integration of care comes  from the community to acute care with good working relationships between professionals who continue to provide a child-friendly service.


Our service comprises secondary and tertiary paediatric medical and surgical inpatient services (48 beds), acute and elective, and newborn intensive care (level 3 - 36 cots), with the retrieval and transfer of sick neonates by air.  We have a brand new Newborn Unit opened February 2009.


We provide outpatient services for paediatric medicine and surgery (both secondary and tertiary) – region-wide (e.g. Tauranga, Thames etc). Paediatric surgery includes neonatal surgery and is the tertiary service for the Midland region. There is accreditation for paediatric surgical training.


We also have a Child Development Centre, Mothercraft Unit, play specialists and a Child Protection Service.

Who we are:

  • Nine paediatricians with subspecialty interests (oncology, haematology, respiratory and CF, cardiology, behavioural and developmental, renal)
  • Four neonatologists
  • 10 medical registrars and three surgical registrars
  • Seven medical SHOs and one surgical house officer

Opportunities for RMOs:

  • Orientation at start of each run for RMOs

  • Paediatric specific training: departmental teaching – case-based and topic-based, Journal Club & radiology conference. Access to tele-paeds teaching: weekly Starship Update and Starship Grand Round. (four-six hours/week)

  • Support with Diploma of Child Health (Otago) or Diploma of Paediatrics (Auckland)

  • FRACP preparation – access to tele-paeds weekly FRACP teaching

  • Involvement with outpatient clinics – both SHOs and registrars

  • Essential experience for anyone considering a future in General Practice, ED, sub-speciality surgeries (ENT, Orthopaedics, Plastics or Ophthalmology – as all have contact with children).

Page last updated on 8/02/2010