Mental Health Professional - Community Acute Service

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Community Mental Health – Community Acute Service
• Seeking applications from Registered Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists, who have completed or soon to complete their post Graduate Certificate in Mental Health and Addictions
• Exciting opportunity for a New Graduate in their second year of practice
• Permanent, full-time rostered role, Monday to Sunday, locations across the Auckland Region.

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

We are seeking applications from registered nurses, social workers and occupational therapists who have an interest in community acute work but have no specific experience. You will have completed at least 1 year of post graduate employment in a mental health service and have completed a post graduate certificate in mental health.

The Community Acute Service provided by Te Toka Tumai is made up of 2 functions. Our Planned Acute Care teams and our Urgent Response Service. As a member of our Community Acute Service you will work across both parts of the service. The Community Acute Service operates 24 hours, 7 days a week.

We have 4 Planned Acute Care teams, each working from one of our community mental health centres - Cornwall House (Greenlane), Kāinga Tiaki Centre (Mt Eden), Manaaki House (Panmure) and the Taylor Centre (Ponsonby). These teams provide a comprehensive range of therapeutic treatment options offering intensive home support to tāngata whai i te ora and their whānau when increased intervention is required. As a key member of this professional, dedicated team, you’ll be assessing and managing the needs of service users that are referred to the service with an acute mental health presentation and increased risk.

Our Planned Acute Care Team members are rostered into our Urgent Response Service (including weekends and nights). The Urgent Response Service is often the first point of contact for tāngata whai i te ora presenting to mental health services. They assess tāngata whai i te ora who require an urgent mental health assessment within 72 hours of referral. The Urgent Response Service operates with 5 clinicians 7 days a week 8am-11pm, with a reduced service offered overnight. This is a dynamic team that responds assertively to the acute mental health needs of tāngata whai i te ora in the community.

We welcome applications from those staff who are currently completing their post graduate certificate in mental health and addictions who will complete this by the end of 2024.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the skilled community acute clinicians in our teams. We are looking for people to join all 4 of Planned Acute Care teams -Manaaki House (Panmure), Cornwall House (Greenlane), Taylor Centre (Ponsonby) and Kainga Tiaki (Mt Eden) – please identify your preference of centre in your cover letter.

For further details, please refer to the position description:

• Mental Health Professional – Community Acute Service
• Registered Nurse

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

Registered Mental Health Nurses; Social workers or Occupational Therapists – minimum 1 Year MH experience.

Throughout your employment in our community acute service you will be supported to develop your skills in mental health acute assessment; safety and management planning and planned acute care. Through a structured teaching, training, supervision and support process (over the first 12 months of your employment) you will work through our orientation to our community acute service and work across our service.

You will be supported to become a Duly Authorised Officer of the Mental Health act, receive group supervision, have in house training and teaching sessions specific to aspects community acute assessment and treatment.

For more information about this role please contact Andrea Lees, Clinical Team Leader via AndreaL@adhb.govt.nz

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand , the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa).

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

For more information on what we offer, Please click here

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role. 

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Jade Smith - Recruitment Consultant at jadeelizab@adhb.govt.nz to discuss how we can best support your application.

As the ideal candidate, you will be either registered or be eligible for registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand. Please note, you will be required to provide source verification of your qualifications for your registration application. For more information about the registration process and source verification of qualifications, please click here.

Apply now at www.careers.adhb.govt.nz quoting job title and reference number.

 Please attach a Cover Letter and your latest CV.

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