Senior Mental Health Strategy Lead (Part-Time)

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand; Kaipātiki; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Part-time (0.5FTE) role

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a Clinical Lead for Mental Health in the Northern region. The role blends senior clinical practice with system-wide planning, funding and outcomes, enabling service redesign and new models of care while maintaining part-time clinical work.

You will lead commissioning decisions, collaborate with clinicians and providers, and influence service design across residential care, general practice and community settings to improve equity and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive clinical experience with ability to maintain part-time clinical practice.
• Proven strategic and systems-thinking skills across health planning and delivery.
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities with clinicians, providers and communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical input to commissioning decisions and service design across Mental Health in the Northern Region.
• Lead service redesign and development of new models of care in collaboration with PFO teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain part-time clinical practice to keep clinical insights connected to care delivery.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Strategic thinking

Systems thinking

Communication

Relationship building

Data-driven decision making

Regulatory/compliance understanding

Education

Registered health professional

Job description

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a Clinical Lead for Mental Health in the Northern region. The role blends senior clinical practice with system-wide planning, funding and outcomes, enabling service redesign and new models of care while maintaining part-time clinical work.

You will lead commissioning decisions, collaborate with clinicians and providers, and influence service design across residential care, general practice and community settings to improve equity and outcomes.