Clinical Nurse Specialist - Coordinator / Advisor - Intellectual Disability

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Where you’ll be working: Mental Health and Addictions Service

The details: Permanent – 80 hours per fortnight – Monday to Friday

We are seeking an experienced nurse to work across the Mental Health and Addiction Service in a consultative and advisory role to provide advice and guidance to services or agencies that support tangata whaiora who have an Intellectual Disability.

This is a new role and the successful applicant will be pivotal in leading the development and rolling out of this new initiative.

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist - Coordinator/Advisor Intellectual Disability you will play a key role in providing an educational focus and knowledge base to the workforce. You will have the ability to build, shape and maintain key relationships within the health and community sectors to achieve positive and seamless learning experiences for tangata whaiora with an Intellectual Disability and members of the workforce that support them.

The role requires you to demonstrate a strong focus on and commitment to the role and to communicate professionally and clearly when interfacing with key stake-holders, both locally and nationally.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Support relevant staff and professionals in their acquisition of the desired values, knowledge about, principles, communication styles and practices associated with supporting those tangata whaiora with intellectual disability.
• Provide general consultation, both locally and nationally, with relevant professionals on various issues relating to service provision to tangata whaiora with Intellectual Disability.
• Provide advice and education in relation to clinical and therapeutic interventions, as required by teams across services.
• Develop specific guidelines and policies (and revise and update those already in place nationally) in relation to Intellectual Disability.
• Liaise and consult both locally and nationally toward the planning, development and delivery of co-ordinated care, treatment and service provision to whaiora who have an intellectual disability.
• Enhance the positive profile of all staff involved in working with people with Intellectual disabilities and help develop a culture within services and communities so that those roles are perceived to be socially valued.

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(Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)

Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

Mental Health and Addictions Services at Waikato delivers a full range of specialty services across the district. We are committed to making a difference with tāngata whai ora and their whānau through working in partnership to create kotahitanga. We believe in delivering services with a strong recovery focus and a sensitivity to cultural aspects of mental health through applying the Treaty of Waitangi principles into practice.

Mōu | About you

• A current New Zealand nursing registration and practising certificate with scope to work in mental health and Intellectual disability
• Significant experience working in the Intellectual Disability sector
• Excellent communication and interface skills
• Knowledge of the sector both locally and nationally.
• A keen interest in providing education and professional development to the existing workforce
• Passion and enthusiasm for the Intellectual Disability sector

Ko ngaa hua o te noho ki roto o Waikato, te mahi hoki ki Te Whatu Ora, Waikato | The Benefits of living in Waikato and working for Te Whatu Ora, Waikato

Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please click here.

• As part of our Health NZ, Waikato family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside our Health NZ, Waikato benefits and staff discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter. We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please apply online as applications are unable to be accepted via email. If you have any questions about the role please contact Amanda.Lewis-Wilson@waikatodhb.health.nz

Closing date: 25 September 2024

Nau mai haere mai - Come join the team!