Clinical Psychologist - Addiction Service, Tauranga Hospital

Clinical Psychologist
Bay of Plenty Addiction Service
Tauranga Hospital
Bay of Plenty District Health Board

0.5 FTE (40 hours per fortnight) 0800hrs - 1700hrs

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Bay of Plenty District Health Board based in Tauranga for a Clinical Psychologist.
You will be working in a supportive, multidisciplinary team with a focus on the Recovery Model. If you are enthusiastic and looking to work in this specialised field to gain experience or further develop existing experience then this maybe an opportunity for you. The focus of the role is on both psychological assessment and therapeutic intervention for people requiring specialist mental health and addiction input.
We are seeking someone who in registered to work in New Zealand and can work as part of a team to engage service users and help meet their psychological needs, support the team in this demanding work and develop their psychological thinking about complex cases. Experience of work with similar user groups and working within multi-disciplinary teams is desirable.
In addition we offer to you the opportunity to be part of a supportive and progressive Psychologist collegial group with a competency based and nationally competitive salary structure.
Requirements:
Masters degree in Psychology, Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology
(or overseas equivalent) and NZ registration as a Clinical Psychologist
Competence and clinical experience in adult mental health
Ability to work within a professional multi-disciplinary team

The Vision for the BOPDHB is 'Healthy Thriving Communities'. We like to endorse this vision by promoting the CARE values.

For further information please contact Sally Whitelaw, Clinical Team Leader 07 579 8379
At BOPDHB, our values of Compassion, All-one-team, Responsive and Excellence are at the centre of everything we do. We use values-based recruitment to help us recruit people who share our values, as we know this makes a positive difference to job satisfaction and the experience of our patients and their families/whanau. For more information about our values and working at BOPDHB, please visit our website www.bopdhb.govt.nz
All positions at the BOPDHB are subject to safety checks; in addition the candidate may be required to supply evidence of Transmissible Disease Immunity at their own cost.
This is classified as a children's worker role, therefore subject to the safety checkrequirements of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014
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Applications close 20 August 2019