Operations Manager, Wellington Locality, Mental Health, Addictions & Intellectual Service (MHAIDS) at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, Wellington Hospital

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Location:  Wellington

Contract:  Permanent, Full-time, 1 FTE

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

This management role partners alongside other MHAIDS Operations Managers, Clinical Leaders, Equity and Lived Experience Leaders, and key external stakeholders to deliver care to tāngata whaiora and whānau who require intensive specialist mental health and addiction support. 

The Operations Manager is responsible for leading their locality through continual improvement and change while maintaining day-to-day service operations. This includes championing MHAIDS vision, values and model of care.

Aout the Team/Service/ Location

The Wellington Adult Mental Health and Addiction Services provide specialist mental health and addiction assessment and treatment for tāngata whaiora who live in the Wellington locality.

Services consist of clinicians and support staff who contribute to the functions that align with their capabilities, training, and expertise. The service model supports staff to work at the top of their scope and in an interdisciplinary team environment. From the perspective of tāngata whaiora and whānau, the model facilitates a seamless experience of support from our services.

Our principles 

 Principle 1: Grounded in Te Tiriti ō Waitangi | Whakapapa ki Te Tiriti ō Waitangi  

•  Tino rangatiratanga 
• Deliver of equitable services 
• Active protection 
• Offering Options 
• Working in Partnership 

Other key principles underpinning our model of care 

Principle 2: Informed by peers and those with lived experience | Ka whakamōhio e nga hoa me te hunga whai wheako ora 

Principle 3: A welcoming, person and whānau-led approach | He huarahi manaaki, tāngata me te whānau 

Principle 4: Timely access to services in the community | Te whai waahi ki nga ratonga i roto i te hapori 

Principle 5:  A strengths-based, trauma-informed and recovery focussed approach, using advanced therapy and evidence based holistic interventions |  Mā te mōhio ka whai whakaaro 

 Moū - About you

You will have

 Working at 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.

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. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

How to Apply

To apply please click 'apply now.' All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advertisement.