Health Improvement Practitioner (Wellness Advisor) - Local Doctors - Watford

Health Improvement Practitioner – Wellness Advisor – Local Doctors – Watford

• Are you a psychologist, psychotherapist, mental health nurse, social worker, AOD practitioner, counsellor or occupational therapist?
• Would you like to be part of a large award winning, supportive and a multi-disciplinary team with a strong team culture?
• Do you have the cultural and linguistic abilities to work in our diverse Tāmaki Makaurau communities?
• Do you enjoy making a difference in people\’s lives?
• Are you passionate about improving our community and population health?
• Would you like to work in primary care and support people sooner rather than later?

We invite you to come and join our growing team of 60+ members at the leading edge of providing well-being support to our multi-cultural communities!

The role:

This is an exciting, generalist role based in our GP clinics providing brief behavioural and psychological interventions to support mental and physical health and wellbeing for our clinic populations. Our clinics are predominantly busy, walk-in clinics, and an important part of the role is supporting nurses and GPs to promote well-being in routine GP care. This role will see you working alongside multi-cultural GP teams, health coaches and community support workers in a collaborative and integrated manner.

Successful applicants will receive the required training including ongoing supervision and mentoring.

Please note, eligibility for the role includes:

• A post-graduate qualification enabling you to work therapeutically with clients
• Registration with a registering body under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (HPCA) (for example, psychologist, social worker, etc) and/or full membership with NZAC
• Experience working with clients and their whānau with at least 6 months experience in a team or clinical setting
• Experience in working in evidence-based therapeutic models particularly brief psychological interventions

Who are we?

Tāmaki Health\’s “Wellness Support Team (WST)

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