Nautilus Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 72.6/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #16 of 21 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-surgeon plastic-surgery day-surgery practice in Christchurch Central. The responsible surgeon is named with role and matches a current vocational scope in the national medical register. The practice also offers non-surgical injectable treatment delivered by a dentist trained as a cosmetic injector.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Found by name or number; specialty matches what is advertised; status current. MCNZ register: Vocational scope Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (awarded 16 May 2003), status Practising with a current practising certificate; matches the clinic's advertised surgical specialty. [mcnz] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name. Matched by name; status Practising with a current practising certificate. MCNZ's public register carries no registration number. [mcnz] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Register exists; no record found (we do not claim 'unlicensed'). HealthCERT certified-private-hospital register checked by the practice's own name and address (Nautilus House, Kilmore Street); no record. The site describes its own accredited day-surgery room without naming an external certified facility. [healthcert] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Brand only. Brand only; no legal entity named on the clinic's own site. [site] |
SEC | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives. One soft superlative on the home page. [site] |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Risks of surgery and post-operative recovery are set out on a procedure page, which also references the consenting process; no revision or complaint route found. [site-ba] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Jesse Kenton-Smith [site] [mcnz] | Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon | not published |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal / Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiaki Hauora (HPDT) — the statutory tribunal constituted under s 84 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 that hears disciplinary charges against registered health practitioners; its public decision database publishes file number, decision date, profession, scope of practice, practitioner name, established charge characteristics, penalties, suppression and appeal orders, and the full decision PDFs): could not verify
What we could not verify
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.cosmeticplasticsurgery.co.nz/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +64 3 355 6815 |
| Address | Nautilus House, Level 2, 146 Kilmore Street, Christchurch Central 8013 |
| City | Christchurch |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.cosmeticplasticsurgery.co.nz/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, address, home-page wording | 29 August 2026 |
| site-menu | https://www.cosmeticplasticsurgery.co.nz/ | clinic's own site | full procedure menu (segments) | 29 August 2026 |
| site-ba | https://www.cosmeticplasticsurgery.co.nz/Surgical+Procedures/Breast… | clinic's own site | risk disclosure, recovery information, reference to consenting process | 29 August 2026 |
| mcnz | https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/register-of-doctors/doctor/ken… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence status | 29 August 2026 |
| healthcert | https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/LegalEntitySummaryNGOHospit… | official register | facility registration check (searched, no matching row) | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
Corrections are applied with a source link and logged publicly. A clinic statement without a source is published next to the data; the score does not change.