Psychologist Intensive Care Unit Christchurch

**Provide effective psychological assessment, intervention, advice and support for our patients and their whanau.**:

- ** Facilitate an environment that promotes psychological wellbeing.**:

- ** Be part of an effective multi-disciplinary team.**:

- ** Permanent Part Time Role (0.6FTE) - 24 hours per week**

**Mō te tūnga | About the role**

Our Christchurch Hospital Intensive Care Unit provides tertiary care for the greater South Island. Through our Intensive & High Dependency Care units we provide tertiary trauma care, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, spinal care and a large variety of general surgical and medical care as well as paediatrics. We also provide a Deteriorating Patient Outreach Service, that supports wards across the Christchurch Hospital Campus, as well as the Canterbury Air Retrieval Service, that supports the South Island Region

The Psychologist - Intensive Care Unit role is responsible for providing psychological care to our patients and their whanau within our intensive care service. The key focus of the role is to maximise the ability of our patients to engage in their recovery and rehabilitation through the provision of psycho-social assessment, intervention and support.

**Ko wai koe **| About You**

We are looking for an experienced Psychologist, to provide psychological care to patients and their whānau within the ICU service, as part of the wide ICU multidisciplinary team.

You will have experience supporting, developing and maintaining an agreed model of service delivery for psychology access for patients and their whānau.

Your professionalism and dedication to providing high-quality patient care will ensure your success in this role, and your communication and time management skills will enable you to function well as a member of the larger multidisciplinary team.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

- Registration with the New Zealand Psychologists Board, with a current Annual Practising Certificate
- Member of a professional psychological organisation (NZCCP or NZPsS)
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Psychologist and working at a Senior level
- Completed appropriate supervision training and has supervision experience.
- Experience working relationally, with whānau, and with complex systems.
- Experience of working with patients with complex needs
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload to operate effectively.

**Mō mātou | About Us**

“Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all we do”

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, leads the day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. It weaves the functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.

Here in Waitaha, Canterbury we deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations.

**Ngā hua | Benefits of working at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora**

When you work at Health New Zealand, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and business.

We have a range of clinical and non-clinical roles at Health New Zealand, there could be a place for you.

Please visit our careers website for other roles and find your ideal fit within Health New Zealand.

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