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Are you a Psychiatrist with specialist training in Child, Adolescent and Family care? Are you looking for a new opportunity? If so this could be the position for you, joining our established team of psychiatrists, a consultant behavioural paediatrician, registrars and nursing and allied health colleagues at MidCentral District Health Board.

The service has embarked on a significant redevelopment programme in the past several years and in May 2018 a new leadership structure was introduced to lead further development of an integrated range of well-connected services along with our NGO partners in our community.

We provide comprehensive community-based mental health services including:

Extended hours crisis intervention service
Community-based mental health care
Adult Acute inpatient services (including intensive mental health care) Day activity/rehabilitation programmes
General hospital liaison psychiatry
Outreach clinics
Child, adolescent and family mental health services
Old Age Psychiatry services
Alcohol and drug services
Specialist Maori mental health services (Oranga Hinengaro)
Early intervention services
Intensive community rehabilitation services.
We have a commitment to continuing medical education and professional development and our peer review group is enrolled with the maintenance of professional standards programme of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. We are recognised by the College for registrar training. If you want to develop a service delivery model, have an area of special interest or seek an opportunity to get involved in research, do let us know.

For further information please contact: Anita Roberts, Medical Recruitment Consultant: Anita.roberts@midcentraldhb.govt.nz or phone:+64 6 350 8849.

A specialist qualification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and eligible for registration in Psychiatry, with the Medical Council of New Zealand.