Health Improvement Practitioner - Mid North
Mahitahi Hauora
Health Improvement Practitioner
Mid North (0.8fte) Part time
We have a great opportunity for an experienced and innovative clinician to work within a general practice in the mid north, along with providing a hybrid of virtual and face to face cover for practices across the mid north region.
About the role
As a Clinician working within our established and growing primary mental health care model Te Tumu Waiora, you will provide behavioural health services to patients. For two days per week, the position will be situated and will work as an integrated member of Broadway Medical Waipapa practice team and provide immediately accessible, evidence-based brief interventions to individuals and their whanau to assist in improving their emotional and physical health, and overall wellbeing.
The other two days of the working week providing the same services under the Te Tumu Waiora model will be a mixture of either virtual or face to face consultations for patients in other practices across the mid north region.
Services are provided in accordance with the principles of Te Tiriti ō Waitangi, Tikanga and Māori models of health and wellbeing. Services are culturally responsive to the needs of all service users, their whanau and community.
As a HIP you will experience the following:
- Providing brief psychological interventions
- Developing and providing group sessions and therapy
- A fast pace in the GP practice setting
- Innovation and flexibility
- Opportunities to contribute to service development
- Working with a diverse practice population, all ages and stages
- Collegial support and peer group sessions
- Being an educator of the HIP model of care to your general practice colleagues
Eligibility for the role.
Ideally, we are seeking someone who is an experienced HIP, however any successful applicant/clinician new to the HIP role will be supported by specialist training.
To be considered for this role you must have:
- A minimum of 3 years professional experience in a health setting preferably in mental health and addictions including providing evidence-based brief interventions such as ACT, FACT or CBT
- A flexible adaptable approach to a new way of working
- A current New Zealand registration under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (HPCA) and full registration with your professional association e.g., Psychology, Psychotherapy, Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapy, or Social Work, or a full member of NZ Association of Counsellors and accredited by the NZAC to work within the mental health and addictions services scope of practice.
- Professional experience in your registered field, minimum 3 years
- Clinical experience working in mental health and addiction environments (primary or secondary) providing evidence-based brief interventions such as ACT, FACT or CBT.
- A current unencumbered full NZ driver’s licence
- Excellent computer and literacy skills including MS Office Suite
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Be fully vaccinated for COVID
You must have NZ citizenship or residency, or a current NZ open work visa not tied to an employer to be eligible for this role.
We are not an accredited immigration employer and cannot accept applications who require visa support.
The successful applicant will be required to attend either physical or online training for this role.
An understanding of Tikanga and some ability to speak Te Reo would be an advantage.
A detailed position description and Application for Employment form can be downloaded from our website, https://mahitahihauora.co.nz/careers/vacancies/
If you have the skills for this role and passion to be part of this HIP team, please apply by
- forwarding your covering letter, CV
- and completed Application for Employment Form (downloaded from our website)
- to hr@mahitahihauora.co.nz.
Your application will be acknowledged by email.
