Senior Medical Officer / Lead Clinician OST

• Based in Masterton, Wairarapa • Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday–Friday, 8.30am–5.00pm • Senior clinical leadership opportunity in addictions, mental health, and OST services

Lead innovative addiction services, shape the future of care, and make a meaningful difference across Wairarapa.

The Role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi

Pathways Wairarapa has an exciting opportunity for a passionate and experienced Senior Medical Officer / Lead Clinician to provide clinical leadership within our innovative, responsive, and community-focused Opioid Substitution Treatment and addictions services.

Based in Masterton, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference for tāngata whai ora, taiohi, whānau and the wider Wairarapa community, while enjoying the lifestyle benefits of a rural and semi-rural region.

This is a unique opportunity to step beyond traditional models of addiction service provision and contribute to a high-quality, flexible, and community-responsive treatment service. You will provide medical expertise, clinical leadership and support to multidisciplinary teams delivering care across AOD, OST and mental health services.

The role offers opportunities to apply your creativity and leadership to service development, service planning, quality improvement, teaching, supervision, and multidisciplinary clinical leadership.

We are committed to culturally responsive practice and to delivering services that meet the needs of our community, including tāngata whai ora and taiohi.

Pathways | Mō mātou

Pathways / REAL is one of New Zealand’s largest national NGO providers of mental health and addiction services, and the only NGO in New Zealand delivering both AOD and Opioid Substitution Treatment services. Locally, we serve a population of approximately 45,000 people and are a strong contributor to service governance across regional and national AOD and OST forums.

Our services work collaboratively with community providers and local health services, and include:

• AOD counselling and case management • OST programme management • ‘REAL’ Youth AOD service • Social detox residential support and mental health planned respite facility • Mental Health Housing and Recovery residential programme • Mental Health support community mobile service

If you are a Senior Medical Officer who is passionate about clinical excellence, strong peer relationships and improving outcomes for communities with growing needs, we would welcome your interest. You will join a values-led NGO committed to delivering high-quality, responsive, and compassionate care.