Make a Real Impact in Your Community – Join Us as a Health Improvement Practitioner!

Are you a passionate health professional who wants to make a genuine difference in people’s lives? We’re looking for a Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP) to join our team working within the Ropata Health Primary Care practice.

This is a highly rewarding, patient-facing role where you’ll support both mental and physical wellbeing, making a real impact for individuals, whānau, and the wider community.

About the role

As a Health Improvement Practitioner, you’ll work directly with enrolled patients using the Behavioral Health Consultancy (BHC) model, providing brief, evidence‑based interventions in a primary care setting.

You’ll be a key link between patients, General Practice teams, and the wider health and community network - helping people access the right support, at the right time, in the setting that works best for them.

No two days are the same. Your work may include:

·         Delivering brief psychological interventions

·         Facilitating evidence-based group programmes to promote health and wellbeing

·         Working alongside GPs and multidisciplinary primary care teams

·         Supporting awareness and early intervention for mental health and addiction

·         Developing and strengthening group pathways to meet community needs

Comprehensive on-the-job training and coaching will be provided.

About You

We’re looking for someone who brings both professional skills and genuine care for people.

You’ll ideally have:

·         A qualification that enables you to provide therapeutic support

·         Registration that enables and endorses practice in mental health and addictions

·         Clinical experience working with clients

·         A strong understanding of evidence-based therapeutic models, particularly brief interventions

·         A creative, solutions-focused approach and passion for talking therapies

·         The ability to work independently while being an integral part of a primary health care team

·         Confidence and capability in working with Māori and Pacific populations

About us

Ropata Health is the largest Primary Care GP practice in the Wellington region

We are based in a purpose built facility in the heart of Lower hutt

Our ethos is "treat every person with kindness

We have a great team culture with very little staff turnover

A busy diverse practice where our community of patients is at the center of our decision making