Clinical Psychologist (1.0 Fte) Nelson

Nelson Marlborough Health; Nelson; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing Professional Development (f

Supervision opportunities

Flexible work conditions

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a Clinical Psychologist for Nelson/Tasman to support infants, children and adolescents with mental health needs. The role involves working in Nelson, Motueka or Golden Bay clinics, collaborating in a multidisciplinary team and contributing to service development.

The successful candidate will have post-registration mental health experience, strong interpersonal skills, and a passion for delivering psychological interventions across the 0–18 age range,

Qualifications

• Have post-registration experience in a mental health setting.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Active participant in multidisciplinary teams and service culture.
• Engender confidence, trust and rapport with clients and families.
• Passionate about psychological interventions for infants to adolescents.

Responsibilities

• Work with infants, children and adolescents with mental health needs up to 18 years.
• Manage psychology referrals and provide perspectives at MDT for routine and complex cases.
• Engage in service development, supervision opportunities and organisational matters.

Skills

Post-registration experience

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Rapport building

Infants to adolescents care

Job description

Clinical Psychologist, Nelson/Tasman, Permanent Full-time

• If you are wanting the satisfaction of being able to work with all types of clinical presentations, be involved in service developments and are ready to develop leadership skills, our Nelson / Tasman team is for you.
• Start benefiting from flexible work conditions and the balanced lifestyle that Nelson offers. You will have an appropriate office space and technology to support you work in the community, at home and to link with specialist services based in the main centres.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

• As a Clinical Psychologist (iCAMHS, Mental Health), you will be working with infants, children and adolescents with moderate to severe mental health needs up to the age of 18 years. As part of the Nelson / Tasman -based teams, you will be working closely alongside other psychologists and be part of a larger multidisciplinary team. You will be working either in the Nelson, Motueka and/or Golden Bay ICAMHS outpatient clinics
• As part of this team, you will be involved in managing psychology referrals and providing psychological perspectives at MDT for routine and complex cases.

As a member of APEX you will be able to access a significant Continuing Professional Development fund and will be supported by your manager to attend relevant trainings.

You will receive collegial support via your local and the wider psychology team.

You are also strongly encouraged to participate in and initiate service development projects as appropriate. You will also be encouraged to take up opportunities which expose you to organisational and operational matters as they occur.

There are opportunities for providing supervision to psychology colleagues and colleagues of other disciplines.

This is a permanent, full-time role working 80 hours per fortnight (1.0 FTE), Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8.00AM to 4.30PM.

Please view the position description for further information.

The Psychological Team ~ we are a team of over 25 psychologists located across Nelson, Blenheim and Golden Bay. We are a generalist service, although wherever possible we can support you to further personal interests and the provision of psychological services to sub speciality fields. We work across, adult, child, addictions, inpatient and health services.

We value collegiality and are looking for someone who shares this approach. We need someone who has an aptitude for working within a public funded health system.

We are committed to ensuring clinicians are engaged in ongoing professional development and that they have the right supervision to support them in this. Both the NZ Psychological Society and the NZ College of Clinical Psychologist have active branches in the Nelson area and provide opportunities for members to attend training and maintain connections with psychologists in private practice.

We have links with tertiary institutions and support training programmes through student placements and internships. You can mentor and or supervise students on placement.

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About you

As a Clinical Psychologist, you will:

• Have post-registration experience in a mental health setting and up-to-date knowledge of psychological interventions relating to mental health issues;
• Have excellent interpersonal and organisations skills and will be an active participant in our multidisciplinary teams;
• Be the type of person who fits into a cohesive team culture of collaborative practice, openness, humour, and respect across disciplines;
• Engender confidence, trust and rapport with clients and their support networks;
• Be passionate about providing psychological interventions for infants, children, adolescents and their families.

The successful candidate must be eligible to work in New Zealand or hold a valid NZ visa at the time of applying.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Job ref: R1N26-170

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected employees will be given preference and priority for this position.