Early Intervention Clinician

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora; Rotorua; On-site; NZD 68,000 - 95,000; Part time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a clinician to deliver early health and wellbeing guidance within primary and intermediate schools in Rotorua. You will work as part of the Mana Ake service, collaborating with health and education teams to provide support where wellbeing needs are identified in community settings.

The role requires current registration in nursing, psychology, counselling, social work, or an allied field, and experience with tamariki and whānau.

Qualifications

• Registered in Nursing, Psychology, Counselling, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or related field.
• Experience working with tamariki and whānau in community settings.
• Adaptable and able to pivot in a rapidly changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver early interventional health and wellbeing guidance within Primary and Intermediate Schools.
• Collaborate with education and health partners to implement Mana Ake wellbeing interventions.
• Support and adapt programmes to meet community needs and identify wellbeing signals.

Skills

Registered clinician

Community experience

Education

Bachelor degree in Nursing/Psychology/Social Work/Occupational Therapy

Job description

72 hours per fortnight / 0.9 FTE (Monday to Friday)

A highly rewarding role and opportunity to make a difference for generations to come!

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

You will be responsible for delivering early interventional health and wellbeing guidance, support and service within Primary and Intermediate Schools. The Mana Ake service is led by health but delivered in collaboration with education, enabling the delivery of support where initial discovery of wellbeing need is often identified in a community setting.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The clinical mental health and wellbeing workforce deliver evidence informed individual, group and whole of class wellbeing programmes / interventions for tamariki as well as broader wellbeing cluster support to kura and schools.

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About you

As an clinician you will be:

• An experienced health professional with current registration in Nursing, Psychology, Counselling, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or related field.


• Well experienced in working with community, tamariki and whānau


• Adaptable and able to pivot within a rapidly changing environment

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.