Consultant Psychiatrist - Primary Care Liaison

Consultant Psychiatrist - Primary Care Liaison

We are seeking a motivated psychiatrist to join our experienced team of Primary Care Liaison clinicians.
Primary Care Liaison is a component of the Mental Health Community Service, covering Auckland city you will be providing psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and short term treatment in collaboration with the service user, their family/whanau, carers and in consultation and liaison with the Primary Care Provider that supports them to manage their overall healthcare needs.

This role provides medical leadership to the Primary Care Liaison Team of Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners, provides GP liaison and training, works closely with the Referrals Management Service and in partnership with the Community Mental Health Service leadership.
Our team works collaboratively to support people using our service in their recovery journey. In doing this, we acknowledge the contribution of family/whanau to this journey and seek to involve them whenever possible.
We are seeking an experienced Consultant psychiatrist with proven clinical leadership skills to work in partnership with the Clinical Team Leader and Leadership Team to provide high quality evidence based clinical services to our service users. You will have advanced clinical skills and be recovery focused with an ability to work collaboratively with our service users and their families. You will join an established supportive team of psychiatrists, nurses, allied health and clerical staff.
You must be a medical practitioner registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand () eligible for Vocational Registration in Psychiatry and an Annual Practising Certificate.
A full and clean NZ driver licence is essential in this community based role.
This is a 0.6 FTE(24 hours per week) part time position
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For more information and details about the role, please contact Clinical Team Leader, Dawn Bannister on DBannister@
If you have any queries about this opportunity or accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact (Jimmy Mathews), Recruitment Consultant at @(+64 (0) 9 307 4949 ,Ext: 26064 ) to discuss how we can best support your application
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