Health Improvement Practitioner

3 days ago

Wellington Central, New Zealand Tu Ora Compass Health Full time

Are you a psychologist, psychotherapist, mental health nurse, social worker, occupational therapist, AOD counsellor or a registered nurse?
- Do you enjoy making a difference in people's lives?
- Do you enjoy variety in your work?
- Would you like to be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team with a strong team culture?
- Would you like to be involved in creating and improving services to meet people's support needs better?
- Would you like to work in primary care?
- Are you self-motivated, independent and enjoy working with a variety of presentation

We have full time Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP) positions available to deliver services in GP practices located in the Wellington area.

This role will see you working at our Wellington-based GP clinics providing mental/physical health and general well-being support. The role is based on the Behavioural Health Consultancy (BHC) model which has been tested and adapted for the New Zealand setting. This a generalist role who works alongside the GP team, peer health coaches and community support workers in an integrated manner.

**The role has three aspects**:

- Working with GP clients providing brief psychological interventions particularly Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) as well as delivering evidence based-group programmes.
- Supporting, upskilling and educating the general practice team
- Supporting local population health by developing group pathways based on clinic needs

**Provision of training and supervision can also be part of the role.**

**You will have**:

- A post-graduate qualification enabling you to work therapeutically with clients (i.e. psychologist, psychotherapist, mental health nurse, social worker, occupational therapist or an AOD counsellor)
- Registration with a registering body under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (HPCA) and full membership with a Professional Association for your profession
- Experience working with clients and their whanau in a clinical setting
- Experience in working in evidence-based therapeutic models, particularly brief psychological interventions
- Experience and/or enthusiasm for delivering group programmes
- An interest in talking therapies

**Benefits**:

- Working with a supportive multi-disciplinary team supported by GPs, nurses, psychologists, therapists and peer health coaches
- Provision of internal supervision and mentoring support with professional development opportunities
- Ability to be innovative and contribute to the development and growth of the service
- Opportunities to be trained in new models of engagement and brief interventions and become a trainer based on competencies
- An exciting and stimulating work environment

The successful applicants will receive training, ongoing supervision and mentoring

Applicants will be reviewed and processed as received and the role therefore may close early.

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