Psychiatrist Community Mental Health

Align International Recruitment Ltd.; Dunedin; Sur place; NZD 140 000 - 210 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Align International Recruitment Ltd. in Dunedin, NZ invites applications for a Consultant Psychiatrist within a Community Mental Health service.

The role focuses on leadership within a multidisciplinary team, clinical care, and teaching responsibilities across junior staff and trainees. The successful candidate will hold Specialist Psychiatrist registration with Medical Council of New Zealand, have at least five years' recent experience, and commit to a 2-3 year tenure while delivering high

Qualifications

• Holding medical qualifications appropriate for NZ practice.
• Registration as Specialist Psychiatrist with the Medical Council of NZ.
• Minimum 5 years of recent Psychiatry experience.
• Ability to commit to 2–3 years in the role.
• Strong organisational skills and high energy.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with service focus.
• Ability to prioritise multiple tasks effectively.
• Excellent communications and team-oriented skills.
• Capable of autonomous work and team collaboration.
• Strong commitment to ongoing medical education.

Responsabilités

• Lead the medical care of individual patients within a multidisciplinary team.
• Develop annual clinical performance objectives with Unit Manager and Clinical Director.
• Maintain professional development to stay current in practice.
• Participate in peer review, clinical auditing and quality improvement.
• Comply with Mental Health Act and related policies and patient rights.
• Provide patient-centred clinical care sensitive to cultural needs.
• Ensure coverage during planned absences and support colleagues.
• Supervise junior medical officers in clinical practice.
• Coordinate patient transfers within/beyond services and provide consultation.
• Provide undergraduate and postgraduate teaching to health professionals.
• Engage in service development, accreditation, and quality initiatives.
• Contribute to strategic planning of Mental Health services and resource use.

Connaissances

Medical Qualifications

Specialist Psychiatry Registration

Psychiatry experience

Commitment to at least 2–3 years

Organisational skills

Adaptability to fast-paced environment

Initiative in prioritising tasks

Communication & teamwork

Autonomy and team collaboration

Continued medical education

Description du poste

Posting : #06-215 Title : City : Dunedin Country : New Zealand Profession : Medical Officer Doctor Physician

primary requirements

• 1. Medical Qualifications.
• 2. Special Medical Practitioner Registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand in the area of Specialist Psychiatry.
• 3. At least 5+ years recent experience as a Psychiatrist.
• 4. Able to commit at least 2-3 years.
• 5. A high level of organisational skills and energy.
• 6. Thrives in a fast-paced environment where exceptional service and customer satisfaction is a key element of the company’s brand.
• 7. Comfortable taking initiative in prioritising numerous and varied tasks.
• 8. Excellent communications and team orientated work skills.
• 9. Personal commitment to high standards of medical practice and demonstrated capacity to work both autonomously and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• 10. Strong commitment to continuing medical education, both as a teacher and in one’s own professional development.

primary duties

• 1. Within the agreed areas of clinical practice, to participate in the multidisciplinary team process, but within each team to offer leadership and assume overall responsibility for the medical care of each individual patient, including admission and discharge.
• 2. Develop with the Unit Manager and Clinical Director a set of clinical performance objectives and criteria on at least an annual basis. Achievement towards meeting these objectives will be evaluated annually.
• 3. Be responsible for own professional development to ensure competence in all relevant facets of contemporary practice.
• 4. Participate in systems of peer review, clinical auditing and other forms of continuous quality improvement.
• 5. Comply with the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1992 (and Amendment Act 1999), the relevant provisions of the replace with the new Act and the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Act 1966 and all organisational policies regarding patient’s rights and informed consent.
• 6. Provide clinical care that is patient-centred, promotes the dignity and respect of patients and which is both sensitive and responsive to their cultural needs.
• 7. Ensure that all clinical responsibilities are adequately covered during periods of planned absence from duties, to provide reasonable cover for colleagues.
• 8. Supervise the work of junior medical officers in the agreed areas of clinical practice.
• 9. Arrange as appropriate the transfer of patients both within and beyond Client’s services and to provide a consultation service to other consultants within the Client.
• 10. Provide undergraduate and post graduate teaching to all other health professionals, and that this obligation includes informed instruction during routine clinical activities.
• 11. Participate in service development, accreditation and quality initiatives as provided by the Client.
• 12. Participate in the strategic and operational planning of the Client’s Mental Health and Intellectual Disability service and to provide advice and/or assistance in the utilisation of available resources.
• 13. Promote Client’s Mental Health and Intellectual Disability service objectives and whenever possible, assist in the achievement of service and financial targets.
• 14. Be involved in the achievement and/or ongoing maintenance of certification/accreditation and in the preparation and/or revision of clinical protocols.
• 15. Assist in the professional development of registrars, junior medical officers and other staff employed in the Mental Health Service.
• 16. Develop a profile of leadership expertise in a specialist are of practice by the preparation of reports, presentation or publication of papers, organisation of conferences or public information exercises, or an approved involvement in health services research.
• 17. Perform other duties relevant to the Service and consistent with the Consultant’s level of seniority and expertise that may be required from time to time.

other duties

Provide leadership and assume overall responsibility of care for a specified patient group as part of a Multi-disciplinary team process, including admission, discharge, risk assessment and court reports. Provide clinical appropriate care to a high professional standard in a way which is consistent with service objectives and contractual commitments, statutory and other regulatory obligations. Promote and contribute to the development of services which deliver the highest quality care for individual patients within the limits of available resources.

other notes

Four weeks paid annual leave, 11 paid public holidays, funding for ongoing professional development, relocation assistance, superannuation and perhaps some other goodies to be negotiated and discuss at time of offer.

PSYCHIATRIST COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH Dunedin, New Zealand