Consultant Psychiatrist - Intensive Recovery Service
at Capital & Coast District Health Board
in
New Zealand
Posted on January 8, 2024
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Consultant Psychiatrist - Intensive Recovery Service
Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora – Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District The Intensive Recovery Service (IRS) is seeking innovative and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrists who have specialist interest and experience in acute psychiatry. We have vacancies including outpatient and inpatient positions, either full-time or part-time. The Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service (MHAIDS ) serves the lower North Island of New Zealand - Wairarapa, Hutt Valley and Capital and Coast, and includes local, regional, and national services. The Intensive Recovery Service encompasses services dedicated to responding and supporting those people and their whanau who may require urgent and acute responses and care. These services may be provided in a community setting or in hospital depending on the needs of the person. IRS is one of the service groupings within the wider Mental Health Addictions and Intellectual Disability Services, and comprises approximately 240 staff from a variety of clinical and administrative backgrounds. The service is led in partnership by an Operations Manager and Clinical Leader.- Te Whare O Matairangi (Wellington Regional Hospital) and Te Whare Ahuru (Hutt Valley) are 24-hour adult acute inpatient mental health assessment and treatment services for adults aged from 18 years. The focus is on recovery and returning people to their usual life, with community support if needed. The teams aim to provide the best possible clinical care in a respectful, supportive, safe and caring environment.
- The Crisis Resolution Service (CRS) is a community mobile team that provides 24-hour, 7 days a week assessment and short-term treatment services for people experiencing a serious mental health crisis. The team accepts urgent referrals from general practitioners and a variety of other health professionals, Emergency Departments, the police and other community stakeholders in the Hutt Valley and Wellington areas.
- Consultation-liaison psychiatry is the sub-specialty of psychiatry that focuses on the interface between general medicine and psychiatry. The service provides access to assessment, treatment and advice to the Wellington and Hutt Hospital for psychological and psychiatric issues that impact a person’s medical care and their ability to manage their health.
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