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I have a rather unique, split role of 0.5FTE and 0.4FTE working both with (a) children and young people as well as (b) adults across two sites.
You will provide a wide range of psychological services including risk assessment, diagnostics, formulations, treatment planning while utilising your CBT skills being part of a small, multi-disciplinary team including Psychiatrists, Registered Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.
Title: Clinical Psychologist
Location: Balclutha and Gore, South Island, New Zealand. Note: These two communities are a 45 minute drive apart. You would be working 0.5FTE in one community and 0.4FTE in the other community.
Gore: https://www.gorenz.com/, population 12,000
Balcultha: https://www.newzealand.com/int/balclutha/, population 4,000 (Note: Photo is of Balclutha)
Hours per week: 36 (Note: This is not quite 40 hours a week but more than enough hours to qualify for a work visa.)
Job Type: Permanent, Direct Hire with two years’ minimum commitment required
Benefits: Four weeks’ paid annual leave, 11 paid public holidays, money and time for CE
Start Date: Within three to six months after job offer acceptance
Visualise living and working in a friendly community with no long commute other than driving once a week to the other town and clinic, no traffic jams, free-on-site parking and a good work-life balance not to mention friendly people.
Here in Southland, New Zealand, life is good! You’ll have heard about the mountains, epic scenery and the genuine friendliness of the people in these parts. Our region is thriving economically, with our main centre Gore a small yet cosmopolitan town, beautifully located within easy reach of Queenstown, Dunedin and Invercargill. Rich in natural beauty, we’re handy to Fiordland, and world class walks, wine and fishing of course!
The Southern region of New Zealand offers excellent amenities, schooling, housing and recreation. And if you live here you have access to the best surf, best mountains and best wines New Zealand has to offer. We’re home to the most beautiful landscapes in NZ, if it’s the great outdoors that presses your buttons; and we’re within easy reach of Queenstown if its adrenalin you seek. It’s all here waiting – the opportunity to create that fantastic work/life balance that you really want.
Intrigued? Reply with a copy of your resumé and let’s talk!
NEW ZEALAND AND OUR WONDERFUL, KIWI LIFESTYLE AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE ARE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK!