Community Registered Mental Health Nurse -Local Adult Specialist Mental Health and Addiction Service
Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Location: Hutt South Community Mental Health Team, Central Lower Hutt
Contract: Full Time and Part Time available (Monday to Friday)
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
About the role
We have part time/full time vacancies for a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our integrated multi-disciplinary team. You will be working with an experienced team, who strive to provide high quality care/treatment to tāngata whaiora and their family/whānau requiring access to Specialist Mental Health and Addiction Services and live in the Lower Hutt community.
If you are a Registered Community Mental Health Nurse with the following attributes we are looking for you:
- Ability to work using a team nursing approach within the wider Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), and demonstrate values consistent with the Wellington District Local Adult Specialist Mental Health and Addiction Service.
- Committed to the principles of Te Tiriti ō Waitangi.
- Practicing in a manner that service users determine as being culturally safe.
- Working effectively with tāngata whaiora/consumers/whanau in community mental health and addiction services.
Our vision is for an integrated mental health and addiction service, with a focus on local delivery across the district.
Our Local Adult Specialist Mental Health and Addiction Service principles.
The service will follow consistent principles in design and Model of Care, but will have the flexibility to deliver locally appropriate services that will meet the needs of our communities and work in partnership with our local providers. The service seeks to eliminate inequities experienced by Māori, Pacific peoples, disabled people and other groups.
Over the next 12-18 months, we are moving to a locality development model. Each locality contains one or more - home bases - , staffed by clinicians and support staff who provide a range of clinical and non-clinical services, contributing to functions that align with their capabilities, training, and expertise.
These functions include:
- Primary Care and Community Transitions, focusing on working with local GPs and nurse practitioners to meet the needs of our tāngata whaiora and whānau from service entry to exit;
- First Response, including intake/assessment and providing a rapid response for tāngata whaiora and whānau experiencing acute mental health distress;
- Local Mental Health and Addiction, which consists of long-term case management using a tailored model to the community (e.g., the Flexible Assertive Community Team model/FACT) and other functions specific to the locality/home bases, including Focused Intervention and Advanced Therapies.
About the Team/Service/ Location
Are you ready to make a difference for our local district specialist mental health and addiction services?
We are looking for a person-directed, values-driven Community Registered Mental Health Nurse clinician for the Hutt South (Lower Hutt) within our Local Adult Specialist Mental Health and Addiction Service.
You will work closely with experienced clinicians to deliver safe, effective and integrated specialist mental health and addiction treatment in our local communities. Our service has a strong, dedicated and supportive team culture, and an established Learning and Development Centre to tautoko your career development. We also pride ourselves on having fun and celebrating ourselves and our professional milestones.
If you are ready to work in a team that value humour, compassion and self-care alongside delivering excellence in their day to day mahi, then this is the team for you!
About you
- You will be an experienced, registered mental health professional (Community Mental Health Nurse)who is passionate about working in a way that is person-directed, trauma-informed, compassionate, and offers help and hope.
- You will work in a way that is holistic, integrated and collaborative, recognising people - s physical health and social needs and in partnership with primary care and non-government (NGO) providers.
- You understand the importance of cultural competence and equity, providing practice that is consistent with the spirit and intent of Te Tiriti ō Waitangi.
- You understand the importance of person-directed care and intentional peer support.
- You are mindful of the needs of our diverse population, for instance, Pacific peoples, refugee and migrant communities, disabled people/tāngata whaikaha, rainbow communities, and those living in rural areas/isolated from health services.
- You will be a registered mental health professional with a current Annual Practising Certificate.
- You must have a full and clean Driver's License and the ability to consent and complete NZ or international Police vetting (Vulnerable Children's Act 2015).
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
To apply please click - apply now. - All applications must be submitted through our online careers - portal by 22nd April. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.