Consultant Psychiatrist — DBT & Teaching Leader

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley; Wellington; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Wellington invites applications for a consulting role within Ngā Tai Oranga, The Healing Tides - Personality Disorder Service. The position involves supervision, consultation, therapies, and teaching clinicians about tāngata whaiora with severe distress and relational dysregulation.

The role is part-time, based in Newtown, with potential involvement in the dialectical behaviour therapy programme. Collaboration with a small, multidisciplinary team is essential.

Qualifications

• Vocationally registered in Psychiatry with MCNZ FRANZCP or equivalent.
• Experience treating personality disorders and complex trauma.
• Experience delivering evidence-based therapies for tāngata whaiora.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and consultation to mental health clinicians.
• Deliver therapies for personality disorders and related conditions.
• Teach and mentor staff in emotion regulation, case formulation, and risk management.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support service users and whānau.
• Contribute to the DBT programme as a therapist if involved.

Skills

Psychiatry registration (MCNZ)

FRANZCP or equivalent

Personality disorders

Complex PTSD

Evidence-based therapies

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Education

FRANZCP or equivalent

Job description

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Wellington invites applications for a consulting role within Ngā Tai Oranga, The Healing Tides - Personality Disorder Service. The position involves supervision, consultation, therapies, and teaching clinicians about tāngata whaiora with severe distress and relational dysregulation.

The role is part-time, based in Newtown, with potential involvement in the dialectical behaviour therapy programme. Collaboration with a small, multidisciplinary team is essential.