Psychiatrist Regional Forensic Psychiatry Services

Consultant Psychiatrists

Forensic Mental Health Services

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora - Waitematā

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.

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: PTC00095

Closing Date: 16th March 2025