Psychiatry Registrars 2025-2026 - Wellington Region

Nau mai, haere mai ki Ūpoko ki te uru hauora.

Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role

• Permanent Training and/or Non-Training Psychiatry Registrar positions for the 2025-2026 RMO year
• Start from 28 July 2025
• Allocations available in Wellington, Kenepuru and Hutt Valley Hospitals
• Run descriptions available when allocations are confirmed.
• The Wellington Region Psychiatry RMO positions are rotational across multiple hospitals and community settings, including Wellington, Porirua, Kāpiti and Hutt Valley, which means that you may rotate to these sites during your time with us. If you are successful in gaining a position, the service will do their best to accommodate the run preferences stated within your cover letter.
• RMO salaries are calculated based on relevant previous years of experience and the average weekly hours of work as set out in the relevant run description. For the current salary bands, please refer to either the Specialty Trainees of New Zealand (SToNZ) or Resident Doctors’Association (RDA) Single-Employer Collective Agreements.

 Mō tō mātou rōpū – About our team

Join our fellow 615+ Resident Medical Officers employed by the 3 areas of the Wellington Region (Capital & Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa Districts) to gain leading experience, medical supervision and training. 

Mental Health, Addictions & Intellectual Disabilities Service

The Mental Health Addictions and Intellectual Disability (MHAID) Service provides specialist mental health and addictions services to Capital & Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa districts servicing a population of  close to half a million people. The region is diverse in many ways. The residents come from many different ethnic and cultural groups and the area is home to both short term residents and those who have lived in the area for generations as well as urban and rural settings. Six month training and non-training attachments are based across the region in Porirua, Kāpiti, Wellington and Hutt Valley, in both community and hospital settings.

Our Training positions are accredited with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists for those working towards vocational registration in Psychiatry. Beyond general Adult Psychiatry, we are able to offer additional certificate training in most sub-specialities such as Forensic Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent, Psychiatry of Old Age, Consultation Liaison, and Addictions. Specialist services such as Early Intervention, Maternal Mental Health, Inpatient Rehabilitation, Intellectual Disability, Regional Adolescent Inpatient Service, Māori Mental Health, Health Pasifika and the Central Regional Eating Disorders Service also offer training and non-training rotations. Wider opportunities within our Psychiatric training programme exist in regional centres through the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand.

Applicants interested in a RANZCP training post should also make contact with our local Directors of Training, Greg.Spencer@mhaids.health.nz and Narmali.Bandaranayake@mhaids.health.nz

Moū – About you

• Suitable for Resident Medical Officers who will be PGY3+/F3 or above by the role commencement date.
• You must have eligibility for general or provisional general registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand. Information on the process of application for this can be found on their website. https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/

• You will need to be a NZ or Australian citizen or resident, or have an appropriate visa to be eligible to live and work in NZ - information available on the Immigration New Zealand website. https://www.immigration.govt.nz/

• Please note - important information for overseas graduates who are applying: 
• The MCNZ has introduced a new method of primary source verification using the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates’ Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials (ECFMG’s EPIC) service.
• If you are successful in obtaining a role in New Zealand, you will be required to have your primary medical degree verified through EPIC. Your credentials must be verified by EPIC before MCNZ will start processing your application. If you have would like more information about primary-source verification, please see MCNZs website or EPIC’s FAQ webpage.

E pā ana ki a tatou – About us

Here at the Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast, Hutt Valley & Wairarapa districts we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast District

Hutt Valley District

Wairarapa District

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email RMO_Recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.Please note we will be reviewing applications when received and will progress through the recruitment process