Anaesthetist, Kairehu
Also known as
- Anaesthesiologist, intensive care anaesthetist, medical sedation specialist, junior house medical officer anaesthetics
Anaesthetists provide patients with anaesthetics to manage pain during surgery and other medical procedures. They also monitor anaesthetised patients for negative reactions.
Your pay could be
$185K
Lower
$206K to $247K
Most common
$268K
Upper
How does this pay compare?
Pay is before tax
Anaesthetists
- usually work long and irregular hours, including evenings, nights and weekends
- usually work in hospitals
- may do emotionally demanding work
- need to be accurate, methodical and work well under pressure
Tasks
- Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
- Record patient medical histories.
- Implement advanced life support techniques.
- Prepare patients physically for medical procedures.
- Administer anaesthetics or sedatives to control pain.
- Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
- Position patients for treatment or examination.
- Collaborate with health care professionals to plan or provide treatment.
- Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
- Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
You need more than one qualification to become an anaesthetist.
You need
- to complete the Health Sciences First Year programme at the University of Otago OR the first year of either the Bachelor of Health Sciences or Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science at the University of Auckland
- a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- 2 years of general hospital experience after graduation
- 5 years of specialist training and to pass examinations to become a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
- an Annual Practising Certificate
- to pass a police check
Registration
You need to be registered to do this job. This means you meet your industry's professional standards.
Medical Council of New Zealand
Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa
Phone Number,0800 286 801
mcnz@mcnz.org.nz
https://www.mcnz.org.nzIf you’re in school
You need University Entrance to do the study or training for this job.
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