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CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini.
Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.
Permanent, Part-time
64 hours per fortnight (0.8 FTE)
Hawkes Bay Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has a new permanent position available of Clinical Psychologist 0.8 FTE.
The Hawkes Bay ICU is a Level 2 ICU providing a high standard of general intensive care to both adults and children including complex multi system life support. The unit has a total of 13 beds plus provides a Critical Care Transport Service and also participates in the Resuscitation and Rapid Response Service within the hospital.
We would welcome the addition of a psychologist to our multidisciplinary team to support patients and their whanau during admission to ICU. This will mean working directly with the patient and their whanau together with the medical, nursing and allied health team. This may mean a range of clinical deliverables from providing effective psychological assessment, intervention and advice to facilitating acute bereavement support for whanau to facilitating an environment that promotes psychological wellbeing.
This health service encourages a workforce that is innovative, eager to learn and enhance their skills and is passionate about caring for their community. As part of their team they will support, encourage and help you to develop your career with them. They are committed to delivering and living their Te Whatu Ora values of He kauanuanu – Respect, Ākina – Improvement, Rāranga te tira– Teamwork and Tauwhiro – Care. You should be someone who has similar personal values. They are proud of their team’s diversity. They know the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce helps us achieve the best outcomes for their patients and the communities in which they operate and serve.