Consultant Psychiatrist (Hospital Consult Liaison and Crisis)

Job Description - Consultant Psychiatrist (Hospital Consult Liaison and Crisis) (ROT03109)

Consultant Psychiatrist (Hospital Consult Liaison and Crisis)

Vacancy No:

Vacancy No:

Consultant Psychiatrist, Hospital Consult Liaison and Crisis

Permanent, Full or Part-time

Ngā huanga o tēnei mahi / The benefits of this position

Lakes are excited to announce a new position for an Adult Hospital Consult Liaison Psychiatrist . This is an opportunity to join a passionate team who places great value on putting people first, embedding Te Ao Māori in every-day practice, leading with kindness and achieving excellence through close partnership with our medical partners.

We have a flexible structure whereby the role will be based with the Acute Response / Home Based Treatment Team (ART/HBT) and Consult Liaison Clinicians. There may be a rotation to in-patient or other community positions over time. The role is based in Rotorua but could involve some in-reach to the satellite hospital in Taupo.

We are embedding our new model of care Te Ara Tauwhirotanga: pathways that lead us to act with kindness. Te Ara Tauwhirotanga is the product of extensive co-design with over 400 participants from the Lakes DHB community, a model that clearly articulates what works for people in their recovery and healing journey. You can read more here:

The successful candidate will have:

• A broad range of general psychiatric skills
• Hold or be eligible for Vocational Registration with Medical Council of NZ
• Enjoy teaching – Rotorua is a teaching hospital with 4th, 5th and 6th year medical students as well as registrars training for fellowship with the RANZCP
• Offer senior advice and support in the assessment and diagnosis of presenting conditions to General Medicine team.

The role:

• Busy role with a broad variety of general psychiatry
• 1:6 on call roster

Ko wai mātou / Who we are

Te Whatu Ora Lakes serves a population of just over 118,000 and covers 9,570 square kilometres. It stretches from Mourea in the north to Mangakino in the west, down to Turangi in the south and across to Kaingaroa village in the east. The major centres of population are Rotorua and Taupō where two hospitals are based. The DHB’s boundaries take in the two main iwi groups of Te Arawa and Ngāti Tuwharetoa. 

Working hard and getting ahead is important to us Kiwis. We’re a well-developed, well connected country with all sorts of opportunities to advance your career. But Kiwis also believe life is for living. It’s about balancing a good day’s work with time for family and friends plus all the recreation and wide open spaces our country offers.

The 2017 Global Peace Index, rates New Zealand as the second safest country in the world. That makes it the perfect place to bring up children with excellent schooling and multiple opportunities for them to play sport and enjoy our beaches, attractive native forests and snow covered mountains. We Kiwis are friendly, hospitable and inclusive people and we look forward to welcoming you to our part of the world.

Please contact Medical Management Unit on [email protected] to discuss roles based either in Rotorua and our generous relocation, CME and hard to recruit retention packages.