Primary Mental Health Clinician or Psychologist

1 month ago

Rotorua, New Zealand Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Lakes Full time

**Vacancy No**:ROT03290**

**Primary Mental Health Clinician/ Practitioner or Psychologist**
**Primary Mental Health & Intervention Service (PRIMHIS)**
**Mental Health & Addiction Services, Health New Zealand Lakes**
**12 months fixed term, 0.4 FTE part time (parental cover)**

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 registered psychologist or psychological therapist to cover 12 month parental leave. The successful applicant will not only embrace our ideals of compassion, manaakitanga & quality evidence based therapy, but also have a passion to use their psychological & relationship building skills to make a difference in the lives of adults & young people aged 15 upwards. We believe in the power of individualised care, psychological understanding, therapeutic alliance & routinely using Feedback Informed Treatment to ensure we provide truly client centred care & meaningful change.

The role involves:

- Providing individualised, high quality & evidence based psychological therapies to adults & young people aged 15 upwards who are struggling with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
- Routine use of Feedback Informed Treatment.
- Potential to facilitate groups.
- Working across a range of locations in the Rotorua area.
- Links with colleagues from other organisations & primary care, such as Health Improvement Practitioners.

**About you**
- You could be an experienced clinician with proven therapy skills, looking for a new challenge, or possibly more newly qualified but with a growth mindset & highly motivated to develop your therapy & formulation skills.
- You will have training & experience in evidence based talking therapies, ideally brief psychological interventions.
- You will have the ability to formulate and adapt your approach to the unique situation, needs, age and cultural identity of the individual.
- You will be a motivated and reliable clinician with ability to work autonomously in a role that requires high level relational skills with clients, whanau & colleagues.
- You will be a registered health or social care professional with a current APC (or are eligible for and seeking registration)
- You will hold a current full clean NZ drivers license, and meet requirements for the children’s worker safety checks.
- You will have competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth.

**About Us**
PRIMHIS is a small but growing multi-disciplinary team (MDT) of psychologists & other mental health professionals, offering high quality, evidence based, person-centred and accessible brief psychological interventions for people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. We pride ourselves on our compassionate & collaborative approach to providing the highest quality therapy & the use of feedback informed treatment to ensure client experience & preference guides our work. We know that to provide the best therapeutic care we must also extend that manaakitanga to each other through team support & professional development.

The benefits of this position include
- Access to continuing education is well supported & routinely shared within the team
- Friendly, experienced team settings & peer support
- Prioritised regular individual & team peer supervision
- You get to live & work on the edge of Lake Rotorua with access to the beautiful Redwood Forest walking tracks & renowned mountain bike trails as well the geothermal areas & numerous other lakes in the region.

Core Service hours are Monday to Friday 8 -4.30 pm however there is the possibility of alternative hours to join our evening clinics.

Health New Zealand |Te Whatu Ora Lakes provides healthcare from its two modern and progressive general hospitals in Rotorua and Taupo, New Zealand. The Lakes district is becoming the lifestyle destination of choice and is well known for its many outdoor recreational activities, family friendly beaches, and a growing multi-cultural community. Working at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Lakes provides a great opportunity to balance an amazing lifestyle with a rewarding professional experience.

As well as a supportive, inclusive and diverse work environment, Health New Zealand |Te Whatu Ora Lakes offer competitive salary, free staff parking, fee flu vaccination, discounts (with local businesses), and access to Employee Assistance Program.

**Know more about living and working at the Lakes district**

**Salary range**
As per relevant MECA pro-rated to hours worked.

**Working for Health New Zealand**
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