Lead Clinician - Aronui Ora at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Lead Clinician – Maternal Mental Health Service - Aronui Ora
• Permanent, Full Time Role (1 FTE/40 hours per week) with significant clinical component (0.2 FTE Lead Clinical/0.8 FTE Clinical)
• Would consider part-time/0.8FTE for the right applicant (0.2 FTE Lead Clinical and 0.6 FTE Clinical component)

Open to applications from Psychiatrists, Mental Health Nurses and Allied Health professionals – Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Psychotherapists

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

'Aronui Ora' means to keep wellness in the forefront of your thinking and intent. Aronui Ora is a specialist adult mental health service, providing antenatal (before birth) and post-natal (after birth) mental health care during pregnancy and early parenthood (first 12 months of an infant’s life). 

Aronui Ora is a multi-disciplinary team made up of mental health professionals from psychiatry, psychology, social work, psychotherapy, occupational therapy and nursing.

The clinicians have specialist knowledge in the area of infant care and attachment (promoting a secure parent and infant relationship) and provide antenatal (before birth) and postnatal (after birth) support in community, clinic and hospital settings.

As a member of this professional, dedicated Service, you’ll work alongside your colleagues who have a strong emphasis on flexibility, teamwork, collaboration and on-going professional development.

You will bring excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as a strong commitment to a multi-disciplinary team approach. You will demonstrate experience working alongside tāngata whai i te ora in a clinical mental health setting.  Experience working in maternal mental health would be an advantage.

In this role, you will work in partnership with the Clinical Team Leader and Leadership Team to provide high quality evidence-based clinical services to our service users. The role has a place in the Leadership Team; you will influence decision making, represent the organisation professionally, and support a strong sense of team morale by demonstrating Te Toka Tumai’s values.

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

You will be an experienced, Psychiatrist, Mental Health Nurse or Allied Health professional with advanced clinical skills and have a recovery focus with the ability to work collaboratively with our service users and their families.  You will join an established supportive team of psychiatrists, nurses, allied health and clerical staff.

A full and clean NZ driver licence is essential in this community-based role.

For more information about this role please contact Charmaine Gupta (Service Clinical Director), via CGupta@adhb.govt.nz

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. 

We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa)

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland. For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role.

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Suzanne Morgan - Recruitment Consultant at suzannemor@adhb.govt.nz or 021 461 532 to discuss how we can best support your application.