New Zealand is a renowned lifestyle destination – where your quality of life and career opportunities are vast. It’s no surprise that we get interest from clinicians all over the world, wanting to make New Zealand their home.
Most clinicians in New Zealand practise within the private sector, although there's some government support for low-income patients for treatment within the dental departments of local hospitals.
Teenagers from the age of 13 to 18 are also covered for free dental treatment by the Ministry of Health.
As the emphasis is on private work, there's also a lot more importance put on quality over quantity, as well as long-term treatment planning, and the opportunity to spend more time to consult and advise clients of the options available to them.
Clinicians that have immigrated to New Zealand from around the world comment on the quality time they are able to spend with patients to educate and give them preventative advice.
We have practices all over New Zealand, with exciting ongoing growth, opportunities and vacancies that are changing regularly.
Because of the timeframes and process associated with your registration and relocation process, we suggest people apply to our expression of interest role on our careers site.
Once we have your details we will get in touch with you and see how we can assist.
There’s two key components to your relocation to New Zealand:
Registration to practice in New Zealand.
If you have trained outside of New Zealand, to be able to practise as a dental professional here you are required to register with the New Zealand Dental Council.
To find out more about the pathways to NZ Dental Council registration – please click here.
Lumino doesn't have any direct input into your registration process and doesn't act as an advisory body in your registration process, but we're able to give you general practical advice about practising in New Zealand.
We encourage all Immigrating Clinicians to undertake this conversation with the Dental Council as soon as possible, as it will dictate your process and relocation timeframes.
Obtaining a visa – your eligibility to work in New Zealand.
While New Zealander’s enjoy a comparatively good quality of life during the global pandemic including freedom of national movement – our international borders remain restricted.
If you're considering a relocation, you will need to have current and accurate advice, and this information either needs to come from Immigration New Zealand or your licenced immigration specialist. In New Zealand, it’s illegal for anyone unlicenced to provide advice
Lumino The Dentists are an Accredited Employer with Immigration New Zealand.
What this means is that should an individual meet the specified criteria for a Talent (Accredited Employers) Work Visa, they are able to come in under Lumino's Accreditation, which is a smoother process in obtaining the ability to work in New Zealand.
Once you've secured your job offer, and your relocation and immigration processes are underway – you will need to begin researching the various areas that will help you settle in your new home.
Below are a few aspects to think about, that you can begin before your journey.
Everyone in New Zealand needs to pay tax on income they earn, whether they're an individual, business, or organisation. To find out more about this – please click here.
To find out more about how to apply for your own IRD (Inland Revenue Department) number – please click here.
Note: this process is often easier once your NZ Bank account is set up.
Many NZ Banks will allow you to apply/ set up an account whilst still overseas. The process for this is slightly different for each bank and we do not endorse any specific organisation.
Below you’ll find links for this process for several of our largest banking organisations, but this is by no means an exhaustive list and we encourage you to do your research.
