Psychiatrist Regional Forensic Psychiatry Services

Consultant Psychiatrists

• Mason Clinic - Forensic Mental Health Services
• Full-time  - 1.0 FTE

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

The Mason Clinic is the Auckland Regional Forensic Psychiatry Service that serves the Northern region of New Zealand, from the Bombay Hills to Cape Reinga. This covers a catchment population of about two million people. The Mason Clinic is based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, New Zealand, a contemporary and vibrant city framed by two harbours, surf beaches, dormant volcanoes and forest clad mountain ranges. Auckland is renowned for lifestyle opportunities.

Our values are inclusive and founded on a therapeutic commitment to service users, their families and to the community. The care we provide is anchored in processes that are continually reviewed and refined so we can deliver evidence-based care in an environment that is respectful of service users and honours the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We deliver a comprehensive range of specialist Forensic Mental Health Services, including:

• Court Liaison and Court reporting.
• Multidisciplinary and assertive prison in-reach mental health care to five prisons.
• Secure inpatient acute care and medicolegal assessment.
• Secure inpatient rehabilitative care.
• Specialist Women’s service.
• Kaupapa Maori secure inpatient care.
• Forensic Community Reintegration.
• Consultation Liaison to other Mental Health services.
• Hospital level care for intellectually disabled offenders. 

The Mason Clinic is a teaching hospital and prides itself on a well-developed academic culture in which research and learning is encouraged and supported. The Mason Clinic is currently undergoing an exciting phase of building state-of-the-art facilities that will reflect our commitment to bicultural and trauma-informed practice.

If you have an interest in providing high quality forensic mental health care within an innovative and research-informed multidisciplinary service and have an appropriate specialist qualification, we would like to hear from you.

About you

• Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth.
• Experience in projects / initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.

• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Please apply on-line at www.wdhbcareers.com

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For further information please contact Dr Krishna Pillai - Clinical Director at email krishna.pillai@waitematadhb.govt.nz 

Job code: WDHB00095

Closing Date: 16th April 2025