Alcohol and Other Drug Clinician - Rural North at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waikato, Waikato

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

 

• Across the Hauraki / Coromandel area
• 40 hours per week
• Permanent

 

 

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

 

 

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented AOD Clinician in the Rural North (Hauraki) Mental Health and Addictions Service. This position could be based within the Whitianga clinic with the opportunity to travel to Paeroa, Thames and Coromandel to support team members based in those locations.

 

The role requires creativity, reliability and exceptional organisational skills as well as the ability to embrace change. You will be conducting comprehensive alcohol and other drug assessments and developing collaborative recovery plans utilizing your range of therapeutic models that support your work with tangata whaiora and have a passion for group work, along with providing essential relapse prevention and counselling skills.

 

 

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Organise prioritise and manage a caseload including the documentation associated with this.
• Demonstrated skills in comprehensive mental health assessment and risk management, interventions, including formulation
• The ability to be highly organised, self-motivated and able to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Clear communication with MDT wider team and community partners.
• Practice with a tangata whaiora and whanau centred approach and be a strong advocate for best practice.
• Foster a culture of openness and quality improvement, with tāngata whaiora and whānau at the centre.
• Encourage and lead innovation and continuous improvement as part of the way we work.

 

 

About the Service

Mental Health and Addictions Services at Waikato delivers a full range of specialty services across the district.

 

We are committed to making a difference with tāngata whai ora and their whānau through working in partnership to create kotahitanga.

 

We believe in delivering services with a strong recovery focus and a sensitivity to cultural aspects of mental health through applying the Treaty of Waitangi principles into practice

 

 

About you

• Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
• Experience in upholding Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.
• Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth.
• Experience in upholding Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.
• Have a passion for making a difference to the lives of our tāngata whaiora and whanau
• Registered member of Dapaanz with a current practising certificate.
• Have experience working within the alcohol and other drug sector.
• Ability to successfully engage and empathise with families/whanau in a positive manner.
• Full clean driver’s license.
• Legal right work in New Zealand.
• Ability to implement Te Tiriti O Waitangi in daily work

 

 

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

 

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

 

 

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

 

 

Click here to view the position description.

 

 

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply online’ or apply via our Waikato Careers Website by clicking here All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 31 January 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Ursula Carstens, Team Leader on 027 214 5484 or Ursula.Carstens@waikatodhb.health.nz

 

 

Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.