💼 Full-Time Position

Psychiatrist | Intellectual Disability/Learning Disability Service

🏢
New Zealand Government
📍 christchurch, canterbury, New-Zealand
📍
Location
christchurch, New-Zealand
📅
Posted
June 20, 2026
Type
Full-Time
🎯

Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Psychiatrist | Intellectual Disability/Learning Disability Service

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Waitaha Canterbury – Christchurch, South Island

Consultant Psychiatrist – Intellectual Disability MentalHealth Service

Make a meaningful difference in one of the most specialised and rewarding areas of psychiatry. This is a rare opportunity to join a well-established Intellectual Disability Mental Health Service where your expertise, values, and clinical judgement truly matter.

At Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, we are committed to delivering equitable, person-centred care and improving outcomes for people with intellectual and learning disabilities and their whānau. If you are a psychiatrist who values depth of work, multidisciplinary collaboration, and making real impact (not just throughput), this role offers a genuinely fulfilling career pathway.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tirit...