Where you’ll be working: – Adult Community Mental Health and Addictions Services The details: Permanent, Full time – 40 hours per week
Salary details: ASMS MECA

• 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.

• 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
• supportive and caring colleagues within a close-knit team

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

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 and are applied to clinical situations and team decision making
• Participates 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 Te Whatu Ora provider arm of Mental Health and Addictions Services in the Waikato. We provide specialist services for tāngata whaiora who are experiencing serious mental health difficulties and have a strong emphasis on family/ whānau involvement in the recovery journey. As a community-based service, we are open Monday to Friday and we work with community partners across the Waikato.

Mōu | About you
Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:

• A Psychiatrist who is vocationally registered, or are eligible for vocational registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand.
• are versatile, flexible and have a passion for working as part of a team
• are excited about and willing to contribute to, and participate in change
• are 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!