Community - Specialist Psychogeriatrician

Taranaki District Health Board; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Auckland District Health Board is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist with a focus on older adults for a permanent, full-time role based at Greenlane Clinical Centre in Auckland. The position offers balanced hours with rostered shifts and an emphasis on collaborative, recovery-oriented care.

The successful applicant will join a well-established multidisciplinary team and contribute to high-quality assessment and treatment for older adults, while supporting family/whānau involvement and equitable

Qualifications

• Vocationally registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand with a current Practising Certificate or be eligible for registration.
• Full and clean drivers license as this is a community-based role.
• A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori.
• This role includes on-call roster participation for Liaison Psychiatry and Awhi Mātua.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and treatment for adults aged 65+ with mental illness and cognitive change.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to optimise function and wellness.
• Collaborate with families/whānau and service users to support independent living.
• Participate in on-call Liaison Psychiatry duties as required.

Skills

Assessment skills

Management skills

Collaborative

Recovery focused

Education

Medical registration NZ

Job description

Community - Specialist Psychogeriatrician

• Permanent position (up to 0.9 FTE/ 36 hours pw) located in Greenlane Clinical Centre, Auckland
• Monday to Friday, fully rostered shifts
• Excellent opportunity if you are looking for a work life balance

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

We are seeking an enthusiastic, skilled, proactive Consultant Psychiatrist, with a special interest in older adults mental health. You will join a well-established supportive multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurses, allied health, and administration staff. The team also includes a full-time registrar, house officer and other students completing clinical placements.

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

About the Team/Service/ Location

Awhi Mātua is a community-based service, based on the Greenlane site. We provide specialist assessment and treatment for adults aged 65 years and over who are experiencing mental illness and/or cognitive change. Our multidisciplinary team works collaboratively to optimise the function and wellness of older adults with the aim of supporting them to continue to live as independently and meaningfully as possible.

The team provides a range of assessment and recovery focused treatment options for older adults experiencing serious mental health issues and psychiatric complications of neurodegenerative disorders. We also provide a range of high-quality therapeutic interventions with a strong multi-disciplinary focus.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have excellent assessment and management skills and be recovery focused with an ability to work collaboratively with our service users and their families/whānau.

In addition to the above, to be successful in this role, you will also need:

• To be vocationally registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand with a current Practicing Certificate or be eligible for registration (please note, if you are an overseas specialist, you will be required to provide source verification of your qualifications for your registration application. For more information about the registration process and source verification of qualifications, please .)
• Full and clean drivers license as this is a community-based role
• A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori
• This role includes the requirement to participate in the Liaison Psychiatry and Awhi Mātua Consultant Psychiatrist on-call roster.

For more information about this role please contact, Joseph Liou, Clinical Team Leader [e-mail]

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.

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

Job details

Job Reference:

Job Reference: ADHB24943

Location:

North Island - Auckland - Central Auckland