Mental Health Clinician – Fixed Term to June 2027

0.8-1.0 FTE (flexible).  Location:  Whangarei

Are you looking for variety and a great place to work?

We are looking for a Mental Health Clinician who is confident in working with moderate-plus mental health needs, enjoys leading and supporting others, and thrives in a collaborative multi-service youth environment.

About Mahitahi Hauora

Mahitahi Hauora is a primary health entity underpinned by Te Tiriti o Waitangi, our Kaupapa includes ensuring whanau and communities are able to achieve self-determined wellbeing, access to the services they determine they need, and to live a long and healthy life.  We work collaboratively with community, primary healthcare providers and key partners to support general practices, Māori health providers and social sector agencies, in achieving better health outcomes for our Tai Tokerau population.

Mahitahi Hauora offers a structured yet relaxed working environment, autonomous working yet strong team engagement and support.  We are all connected by our desire to support a better healthcare system for Northland so our population can gain greater health benefits from access to services, supporting our primary care clinicians in practice, to providing resources and education to our colleagues in community.  Staff parking onsite, comparable remuneration and great physical working conditions are just some of the things our staff enjoy.

About the Role

This role works predominantly across rangatahi aged 12-24 delivering culturally responsive evidenced based care through brief interventions that support wellbeing and resilience.  The role manages a caseload, provides support to Youth workers, and with related programmes with service delivery being both individual and through group settings.

A key function of this role is to provide clinical leadership to a small team of youth workers with case consultation and monitoring, risk management and guidance and ensuring quality and continuous improvement in service delivery.

Collaborative engagement with providers and key partners is essential to success in this role in working in a multi-service youth environment.

Download our position description to see more detail of the role below.

Our ideal Clinician

Our ideal clinician will be excellent in building and maintaining relationships, be a confident communicator in all aspects and comfortable in delivering in group settings along with strong organisational and caseload management capability.  Our clinician will bring to this role significant experience in working with youth, particularly in moderate plus  mental health care.

To be considered you must:

• Be able to demonstrate your experience in working with youth with moderate plus mental health challenges.
• Be confident and comfortable in attending and contributing to meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• Have the qualifications, skills and experience to provide clinical oversight and supervision for our youth workers
• Have either led or be able to demonstrate the ability to lead a small team
• Be a registered health professional with a current practicing certificate and full membership with a professional body.
• Have a relevant post-graduate qualification or be working towards completing
• Have evidence of youth mental health specialised training and programme delivery
• Hold a current un-encumbered drivers licence
• Have training in brief intervention
• Be able to demonstrate a high level of Communication and IT competency including MS Suite
• Have experience and confidence in group work delivery
• Have a understanding of positive youth development

You must be a NZ Citizen or Resident to be considered for this role.  Mahitahi Hauora is not an accredited immigration employer and cannot accept applications who require visa support.

If you have the above skills and experience along with the passion and commitment to supporting and developing youth mental health, then please apply by:

• Downloading and completing an application for employment form
• Sending your cover letter, CV, and completed application for employment form to hr@mahitahihauora.co.nz