• Take the next step in your Breast Radiology career in beautiful New Zealand
• Advance your career working in a multidisciplinary team across services
• Specialist positions available across New Zealand

Exciting opportunities are available for qualified Breast Radiologists (Senior Medical Officers) who want to make a positive impact while working in a dynamic, multidisciplinary, and supportive team.

Our Breast Radiologists read screening mammograms and work in assessment clinics to detect breast cancer early. They are part of a multidisciplinary team with surgeons, pathologists, technologists and breast care nurses, ensuring high clinical and image-quality standards.

Breast Radiology scope

Breast Radiologists support both key phases of the BreastScreen Aotearoa programme:

• Screening mammograms: Act as one of the initial readers and work with MITs and medical physicists to maintain high mammographic quality
• Assessment clinics: Contribute as part of a multidisciplinary team to interpret findings, complete diagnostic work-ups, and support care planning

Assessment clinic competency

Before working independently in assessment clinics, Radiologists must be competent in:

• full mammographic work-ups
• breast ultrasound
• relevant invasive diagnostic procedures
• at least 10 assessment sessions in a population-based screening programme within the previous 12 months.

Positions are available across New Zealand with immediate start dates, or you can speak with our recruitment team about your plans to move to New Zealand.

About you

To work as a Breast Radiologist (Senior Medical Officer) in New Zealand, you must become registered to practice with the Medical Council of New Zealand. Practitioners must meet competency standards and hold Annual Practising Certificates (APCs) to work safely and effectively.

All Breast Radiologists must complete the formal BSA accreditation process and participate in ongoing audit, teaching and quality activities in line with the BreastScreen Aotearoa National Policy and Quality Standards.

Qualifications and experience

Breast Radiologists must hold New Zealand vocational registration in diagnostic radiology and have recent, demonstrable experience in breast imaging. This includes:

• approximately 2,000 mammogram reads in the past year
• completion of third-read training (≈300 dummy reads)
• maintaining a recall rate ≤12% and reader sensitivity ≥80%
• active participation in multidisciplinary meetings.

More information can be found on our careers site; search for 'Radiologist'.

Call New Zealand home

Once offered a position, our internal Health Immigration team can provide free support to you and your family with immigrating to New Zealand. Senior Medical Officers are on the New Zealand immigration green list, so you have the opportunity for permanent residency in New Zealand.

One of the best things about living and working in New Zealand is the opportunity to experience nature, outdoor adventure and vibrant cities so close to where you live and work. You're never far away from your next adventure in New Zealand with access to hiking, skiing, mountain biking, and water sports, as well as fine dining and diving into traditional experiences to learn more about Mori culture all across the country.

Salary:

• The average salary package for Radiologists in New Zealand is USD ~$193,814 (NZD $343,500)
• Packages comprise a base salary based on experience, plus additional payments and employer superannuation contributions under the ASMS collective agreement

Benefits:

• USD ~$10,150 (NZD $18,000) annual continuing medical education (CME) allowance
• Paid 3-month sabbaticals every 6 years
• Indemnity insurance covered by Health NZ for public practice
• Annual practising certificate, vocational registration fees, college memberships and approved professional subscriptions fully reimbursed
• Complimentary visa and immigration support
• Tailored relocation support to help make your move, if eligible

Leave:

• 6 weeks annual leave
• Generous sick leave provisions
• 12 public holidays plus time in lieu when worked
• 14 weeks paid parental leave alongside the Government's paid parental leave provisions
• 2 weeks paid long service leave after every 10 years of continuous service

Please note that remuneration packages are negotiated at the time of offer and reflect your clinical specialty, experience, and location.

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome all applications including those from diverse Mori, Pacific disabled and rainbow communities.

How to apply

Please click 'apply now' to move forward. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal. If you have questions, please email our recruiters at internationalrecruitmentcentre@tewhatuora.govt.nz

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website.