Team Leader For The Intellectual Disability Secure Services
Location: Ratonga Rua O Porirua Campus
Contract: Permanent, Full Time 1.0 FTE Rostered and Rotating
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About the Role
Intellectual Disability (ID) Forensic Services is part of the Mental Health Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service Directorate (MHAIDS). It has adult, youth and community services.
We currently have a vacancy for a Team Leader for the Intellectual Disability Service, working across our inpatient Service.
We are a progressive service committed to providing a culture of ongoing professional development for staff through regular clinical supervision, excellent professional development and recognition programme (PDRP) for nursing, regular in-service training and support towards external education
About the Team/Service/ Location
The Intellectual Disability Secure Services has regional and National services:
Haumietiketike is a regional intellectual disability adult secure forensic unit which has eleven beds.
The Step-Down Rehabilitative Cottages include two separate houses providing four adult beds in each cottage.
Hikitia Te Wairua is the National intellectual disability secure forensic unit for young people with six beds. This building is co-located with the Rangatahi (Youth Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit) and Nga Taiohi (National Secure Youth Forensic Unit).
Manawai Individualised Service Units (ISU) is a six bed National facility for adults with an intellectual disability and/or mental illness who have conditions of such severity that they have been subject to long-term hospital level care compromising their quality of life.
We have a Model of Care, which incorporates all the features of current best practice within forensic secure services including Positive Behaviour Support, nuanced risk assessment, and psychological formulation. All staff receive training on Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) as this is the basis for our philosophy of care within the service.
About you
The purpose of the role is to ensure that the adult inpatient Intellectual Disability service delivers an effective and efficient service that facilitates clinical and cultural excellence and desired rehabilitation outcomes.
- Be a registered health professional.
- Experience in leading a team of clinicians and administration staff.
- Experience in negotiation and networking across several disciplines.
- Experience in taking ownership, accountability and responsibility for the role.
- Experience in anticipating, identifying, resolving clinical and administrative/management problems to the desired goals.
- Experience in managing change.
- A high level of flexibility, self-motivation, responsiveness and clinical judgement.
- Commitment to personal and professional development.
- Commitment to equity, equal employment and educational opportunities.
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
How to Apply
To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.
Permanent/Full Time
Job no: MHA047-26
Location: Kenepuru Hospital/Porirua
Closing Date: Tuesday, 16 June 2026