Nau mai, haere mai ki Starship Child Health Here is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Psychologist, who is passionate about working with children and their families and is looking for a challenging and rewarding role within the friendly and professional Starship Childrens Health team within General Paediatrics. Part time 0.6 FTE Fixed term 12 months due to parental leave cover Location: Starship Hospital, Grafton Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity We are looking for an experienced, motivated and dynamic Clinical Psychologist who will work with a child development focus as part of the Starship General Paediatrics, with the benefit of being professionally linked to the Starship Consult Liaison and Paediatrician teams.

This dynamic position provides high quality clinical psychology assessment and intervention to children and young people with developmental and disability needs and their family/whnau. Based at Starship Hospital, Grafton, General Paediatrics provides services for children and young people with a wide range of conditions. The nature of these includes e.

g. ADHD, anxiety in association with pain, and concerns about intellectual disability, therefore benefit from psychological assessment and input in addition to medical care. You will be working alongside experienced psychology colleagues and have a connection with the MDT.

The team is friendly, hard-working and motivated to provide high quality assessments and interventions for children; young people and their whnau attending Starship Child Health. Nga Pkenga Motuhake | Important Skills To apply for this role, you must be a New Zealand Registered Clinical Psychologist with a current Annual Practising Certificate and a clean full drivers licence. Experience working with children with disabilities is desired.

Whilst working closely with the interdisciplinary team, the ability to work autonomously in a multi-cultural environment is essential. Please click here for the Position Description For general enquiries about this role please contact- Dr Anne Tait, Service Clinical Director, General Paediatrics ATaitadhb.govt.

nz or Megan Waterhouse, Operations Manager, General Paediatrics & Starship Community mwaterhouseadhb.govt.nz Kowai mtou | 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 Childrens Hospital, located in central Auckland. We are part of Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealands 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. The Starship Child Health Rautaki strategy strives to deliver the obligation.