Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP)

If you are a registered health professional, with an interest in Mental Health, looking to join an awesome team - then look no further than the Tend Healthcare team at Linwood!

You'll be part of our innovative, collaborative, curious and high-performing team of clinicians and mahitahi alongside an amazing non-clinical team. We aspire to make Aotearoa the healthiest country in the world!

This is a 0.8FTE position, 4 days per week.

You will be working with a multidisciplinary team of General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurse and a Social Worker

• Provide brief psychological interventions to our customers and practice evidence-based group programmes to them
• Provide consultation, education, and advice to our care team by identifying the unmet needs of our customers and their whanau
• Support local population health and work with our clinicians to develop intervention pathways based on practice needs.

Our ideal HIP will:

• Be registered health professional under either the HPCA Act or Social worker Act with an interest in Mental Health (e.g. Psychologist, Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Addiction Counsellor)
• Be an experienced clinician that works well in a multidisciplinary team of GPs, nurses and other health professionals
• Enjoy continuous development & contribute to our ongoing improvement initiatives.

If this role sounds like an exciting opportunity, please apply today!