💼 Full-Time Position

Consultant Psychiatrist - Emergency & Acute Inpatient - Wakari Hospital

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New Zealand Government
📍 New Zealand, Otago, New Zealand
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Location
New Zealand, New Zealand
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Posted
June 30, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Psychiatrist - Emergency & Acute Inpatient - Wakari Hospital
Permanent (0.5 Emergency Psychiatric Service & 0.5 Acute Inpatient)
Salary: ASMS MECA 2024 (NZD 185,380 - 267,980)

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora invites applications for a Consultant Psychiatrist for our Emergency Psychiatric and Acute Inpatient Services team. This role will have call requirements and is aimed to provide care for the population of Otago.
This role is made up of 0.5 FTE Emergency Psychiatric Services & 0.5 FTE Ward 9 Acute Inpatient Services at Wakari Hospital. This role involves assessment and treatment formulation, while working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) and engaging with the wider mental health and addictions sector.


About the role
The mental health services in Dunedin include inpatient wards, two thriving CMHT which are well resourced by international standards, an emergency psychiatric services, forensic, child, old age addiction, intellec...