Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
- Location: Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital and Specialist Services
- Hours: Full-time, 80 hours per fortnight (1.0 FTE), Monday to Friday
- Employment: Permanent, Mental Health and Addictions
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
About the Role
We are looking for a Community Psychiatrist for our Community Mental Health Team North who is an energetic, well qualified and skilled consultant psychiatrist who would enjoy working in a provincial community mental health service.
Psychiatrists within the community mental health teams play a critical role in assessing and treating and monitoring patients with serious mental illnesses and associated co-existing conditions. The role requires a combination of clinical expertise, the ability to work cooperatively in teams and the ability to exercise clinical leadership.
About the Team/Service/Location
Our multidisciplinary teams include psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, an occupational therapist, addiction practitioner and peer support workers. We also offer Māori cultural support through Kaitakawaenga and Pou Whirinaki Hinengaro Māori. We have strong administrative support and a well-developed leadership team.
Our model of care is flexible and responsive to the diverse needs of our community. We accept referrals from primary care, hospital and specialist services, other districts and we operate a “walk-in clinic”.
The CMHT North provides mental health and addiction services to the communities of Napier and Wairoa.
About you
You will be vocationally registered in Psychiatry with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) or hold equivalent qualification and be able to qualify for vocational registration with MCNZ.
Leadership, resilience and the ability to set boundaries whilst maintaining supportive collegial relationships are highly desirable personal attributes.
You will:
- Be enrolled in an appropriate continuing professional development program and will participate actively in peer review
- Be competent with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
- Have experience in projects/initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.
Working for Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.
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 our 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.
How to Apply
To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 08 December 2024.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Dr Greg Young via email helen.frogley@hbdhb.govt.nz and indicate the job title and job reference in the subject line.
Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.