Consultant Psychiatrist - Maternal Mental Health
Wellington Community
Category Healthcare & Nursing Jobs
Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District Location: Te Whare Tipu, 21 Hania Street, Mt Victoria, Wellington Service: The Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service (MHAIDS), Specialist Maternal Mental Health Service Contract: Permanent, part time (0.8FTE) Salary: As per ASMS MECA Krero m te tranga - About the role The Specialist Maternal Mental Health service based in Wellington has a vacancy for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our team working in the area of perinatal mental health. This regional team works across Wellington, Hutt and Porirua / Kapiti and offers support to pregnant and postnatal clients experiencing significant mental health challenge.
M t mtou rp - About our team The Specialist Maternal Mental Health Team provides services for clients who develop moderate to severe mental health issues during their pregnancy, and/or in the postnatal period up to 12 months after delivery at the point of referral. Clients experiencing a moderate to severe mood, anxiety or psychotic disorder living in the greater Wellington region (Greater Wellington and Hutt areas), are seen for assessment, treatment and intervention. The team works alongside other health care providers and offers consultation / liaison to health professionals involved in the care of this client group.
SMMH also has a regional coordination role with the lower North Island Regional perinatal mental health network. And provides a part-time consultation / liaison role in the Wairarapa. The team are passionate about this client group and their work, and offer a relational therapeutic model with great outcomes for clients and their pepi /whanau.
Mo - About you Vocationally registered in Psychiatry with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) FRANZCP or equivalent qualification and be able to register for vocational registration with the MCNZ Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team Able to provide consistently high standards of medical care Relevant experience and training A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Mori E p ana ki a tatou - About us The Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service (MHAIDS) spans three DHBs - Wairarapa, Hutt Valley and Capital and Coast DHB's and includes local, regional, and national services. The local MHAIDS services are provided from multiple sites within the 3DHB sub-region - greater Wellington, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa. Te Korowai Whariki services include regional forensic and rehabilitation services covering the Central region while the intellectual disability services extend the length and breadth of the country from six bases located in Whangarei, Auckland, Cambridge, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.
Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley district is located centrally in Wellington and has over 6,000 full-time equivalent staff, making us one of the major employers in the Wellington region. We operate three hospitals - Wellington Regional Hospital in Newtown, H.
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