Consultant Psychiatrist — Teaching & DBT Specialist

Capital & Coast District Health Board

Porirua

On-site

NZD 90,000 - 120,000

Part time

14 days+

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Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Wellington is seeking a consulting psychiatrist for Ngā Tai Oranga, The Healing Tides, Personality Disorder Service. The role involves supervision, consultation, therapies, and teaching clinical staff about complex trauma and patterns of distress.

The team is small and multidisciplinary based in Newtown. You will contribute to risk assessment, case formulation, and training in evidence-based therapies, including potential involvement in the DBT programme as a

Qualifications

Vocationally registered in Psychiatry with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ).
FRANZCP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZ.
Experience working with, treating, assessing and formulating personality disorders, complex PTSD and other co-morbid difficulties.
Experience in evidence based therapies for treating this group of tāngata whaiora including experience in clinically indicated risk taking.

Responsibilities

Provide supervision, consultation and teaching to mental health clinicians.
Contribute to case conceptualisation, risk management and evidence-based therapies.
Potential involvement in the dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) programme as a therapist.