Co-existing Disorder Clinician

We are looking for an innovative and committed Co-existing Disorder Clinician to join the new national secure youth forensic inpatient team. You will be required to work in the MDT providing forensic medium-secure services within a framework of clinical governance.

The Co-existing Disorder Clinician will offer specialised assessment and treatment for youth offenders with mental health and addiction problems, thereby seeking to reduce the distress associated with these problems and their behavioural consequences, with reduction of risk of harm to others.

We are a progressive service committed to providing a culture of ongoing professional development for staff through regular clinical supervision, excellent professional development and recognition programme (PDRP), regular in-service training and support towards external education.

About Nga Taiohi:

Located about 20 minutes away from central Wellington, in Porirua, is Nga Taiohi, our new state of the art, national secure youth forensic, bicultural 10 bedded unit which opened in April 2016. This is the first national inpatient service for young offenders with acute severe mental health, alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues.

This secure forensic unit is co-located with our existing Acute Youth Mental Health Inpatient Unit (Rangatahi) and the Youth Intellectual Disability (ID) Inpatient Unit (Hikitia Te Wairua) collectively known as the ‘The Youth Centre for Excellence’ at Kenepuru Hospital. This new service is part of Mental Health, Addictions and Intellectual Disability Service (MHAID) 3DHB.