Neurodevelopmental Fellow

**Neurodevelopmental Fellow opportunity Tū Māia - Youth Forensic Team**:

- **12 month fixed-term trainee position, full-time (40 hours per week), Monday to Friday (Consideration given to 6 month rotations)**:

- **Suit advanced paediatric trainee in Community Child Health or General Paediatrics**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

We have a 12-month fixed term Neurodevelopmental fellowship position available in our Tū Māia team, based at Greenlane Clinical Centre. This accredited trainee position will enable you to gain advanced knowledge and skills in neurodevelopmental medicine and working in youth forensic service. This role will consist of both clinical duties and education/training activities.

Tū Māia was suitably named as the rangatahi and whānau using the service are predominantly Māori and are thought to be brave and courageous engaging in the court ordered comprehensive assessment processes whereby highly personal information is sought and shared after a very short period of engagement with the clinicians and cultural advisors.

Tū Māia provides consultation, assessments, Court ordered reports, Court based Liaison Services and short focused interventions for young offenders presenting to the youth justice system with neurodevelopmental and/or mental health issues. We also provide care for adolescent residents at the secure youth justice facilities in South Auckland.

You will be developing and providing specialist paediatric services for young people under the care of Tū Māia and the Kari Centre Neurodevelopmental team. You will be providing comprehensive assessments and the ongoing care and treatment of young people with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders, in the context of their family/whanau beliefs and values.

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

You will need to be registered with the New Zealand Medical Council with general registration (or eligible for registration) and be an advanced paediatric trainee in Community Child Health or General Paediatrics.

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa).

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

**He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here**

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

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**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply