Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital
Details: Permanent Full time – 44 hours per week (42.5 hours per week (office hours) and 1.5 hours (averaged after- hours component)
Remuneration: ASMS MECA
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
- This role offers great variety. You will work with a number of specialists both internally and externally and have the ability to maintain excellent working relationships.
- This is a job where no two days are ever the same; you will see the full spectrum of psychiatry from enduring mental illness through to trauma, grief and distress
- You will work with supportive and caring colleagues within a close-knit team
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Provide quality clinical services to tamariki, rangatahi and their whānau within Te Whatu Ora Waikato boundaries
- As a clinical expert, you will ensure that the appropriate and current knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the area of psychiatry, are applied to clinical situations and team decision making
- Participate in clinical partnership to ensure that tāngata whaiora and their whānau receive integrated, appropriate, effective, and efficient assessment and care
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Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service
We are the Mental Health and Addictions Service arm of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu - Waikato. Puawai Regional Forensic Mental Health Service provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to people who have contact with the justice system and who have a moderate to severe mental illness. Puawai services the Te Manawa Taki region.
The inpatient environment includes; Puna Matai (acute), Puna Awhi Rua (sub-acute), Puna Poipoi (rehabilitation) and two transition wards (minimum security), Puna Whiti and Puna Taunaki. Apart from the transition wards all wards are secure.
This service also provides community services to the courts and prisons, and support for tāngata whaiora in a community setting. It provides service to Waikeria, Springhill and Tongariro prisons. The Forensic Service also works closely with the Adult Service to support the transition of tāngata whaiora between the two settings.
Mōu | About you
Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:
- A Psychiatrist who is vocationally registered or eligible for vocational registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand.
- A versatile and flexible clinician who has a passion for working as part of a team
- A person who is excited about and willing to contribute participate in service enhancement
- A clinician who is passionate about eliminating health inequities
Ko ngaa hua o te noho ki roto o Waikato, te mahi hoki ki Te Whatu Ora, Waikato | The Benefits of living in Waikato and working for Te Whatu Ora, Waikato
Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please click here.
- As part of our Health NZ, Waikato family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside our Health NZ, Waikato benefits and staff discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter. We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
Please apply online as applications are unable to be accepted via email. If you have any questions about the role please contact Kay Nisbet-Smith, Medical Staff Co-ordinator, Mental Health and Addictions Service Kay.Nisbet-Smith@waikatodhb.health.nz
Closing date: Open until filled
Nau mai haere mai - Come join the team!