Whether you are based in New Zealand or moving here from overseas, Otago and Southland offer rewarding career opportunities in a supportive and collaborative environment.
We welcome applicants who are passionate about equitable, family-centred care.
Live surrounded by stunning landscapes
Otago and Southland offer an exceptional lifestyle with stunning landscapes, from mountains to coastlines. These regions combine natural beauty with vibrant cities like Dunedin, Queenstown, and Invercargill, providing great education and culture. Outdoor lovers enjoy hiking, fishing, skiing, and cycling nearby.
The communities are friendly and close-knit and deliver a healthy, balanced lifestyle. Clean air, safe neighborhoods, and strong community spirit make these regions wonderful places to live, work, and raise a family.
Coronet Peak, Queenstown
Sven Martin
A playground for thrill-seekers and nature lovers
Otago and Southland are adventure havens — offering skiing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and wildlife encounters.
A playground for thrill-seekers and nature lovers
Otago and Southland are adventure havens — offering skiing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and wildlife encounters.
Working in Otago and Southland
Working in Otago and Southland you can choose to work at our brand new tertiary hospital in Dunedin, in a modern secondary hospital in laidback Invercargill, or in one of our smaller rural hospitals where you could base yourself out of Queenstown (or anywhere else nearby).
No matter where you choose, you will feel welcome in our friendly and supportive teams. Our hospitals are big enough to offer you plenty of room for career growth and development, yet small enough to have a tight-knit team to lean on for support.
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Hospitals
Invercargill
Southland Hospital
Emergency Department
Secondary birthing unit
Oamaru
Oamaru Hospital
Emergency Department
Primary birthing unit
Ranfurly
Maniototo Hospital
No Emergency Department
Queenstown
Lakes District Hospital
Emergency Department
Primary birthing unit
Dunedin
Dunedin Hospital
Emergency Department
Tertiary birthing unit
Services in Otago and Southland
- Adult Community Mental Health Services
- Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
- Alcohol and Drug Services
- Anaesthesia - Otago
- Audiology
- Breast Care - Otago
- Breast Screening Programme
- Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Service
- Cervical Screening Programme
- Child and Youth Mental Health Services
- Children's Health Outpatients - Otago
- Community Rehab Services - Otago
- Day Surgery Unit - Otago
- Dermatology Services
- District Nursing
- Dunedin Hospital
- Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) - Otorhinolaryngology (ORL) Services
- Emergency Department - Dunedin Hospital
- Endocrinology - Otago
- Endocrinology - Southland
- Forensic Services
- Gastroenterology Services
- General Medicine - Otago
- General Surgery - Otago
- Infectious Diseases
- Māori Mental Health
- Maternity Services
- Mental Health Advisory Team
- Mental Health Emergency Services
- Mental Health Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination
- National Bowel Screening Programme
- National Intestinal Failure & Rehabilitation Service (NIFRS)
- National Perinatal Pathology Service
- Needs Assessment & Service Coordination — Dunedin
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) — Otago
- Nephrology (Renal) Services
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery Service
- Newborn Hearing Screening
- NZ Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Service (NZFGCS)
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology Services — Otago
- Older Persons Mental Health Services
- Oncology and Haematology — Otago
- Ophthalmology — Otago
- Orthopaedics — Otago
- Persistent Pain Service
- Plastic Surgery
- Puāwai Rehabilitation Unit
- Public Health Nursing — Te Punaka Oraka (Well Child Service)
- Public Health South
- Radiology — Otago
- Respiratory Services
- Rheumatology Services
- Sexual Health Clinic
- Smokefree South
- Te Puna Wai Ora, Critical Care — Dunedin Hospital
- Urology — Otago
- Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Vascular Surgery
- Wakari Hospital, Dunedin
Towns and cities in Otago and Southland
The main cities in Otago and Southland include Dunedin, Invercargill, Queenstown, and Wānaka. Smaller towns include Alexandra, Gore, Te Anau, Cromwell, Ranfurly, and Oamaru.
Glenorchy, Queenstown
Miles Holden
Coronet Peak, Queenstown
Miles Holden
Larnach Castle, Dunedin
Camilla Rutherford
Otago Peninsular, Dunedin
Miles Holden
Arrowtown, Queenstown
Miles Holden