Community Registered Mental Health Nurse New Zealand Government – Wellington, North Island
Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District. Location: Hutt South Community Mental Health Team, central Lower Hutt. Service: Local Adult Specialist Mental Health and Addiction Service. Contract: Full time (Monday to Friday). Salary: $75,773-$106,739 (Step 1-8 of PSA/NZNO Nursing MECA, dependent on level of experience).
Korero mo te turanga - 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 tangata whaiora and their family/whanau 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 o Waitangi.
Practicing in a manner that service users determine as being culturally safe.
Working effectively with tangata whaiora/consumers/whanau in community mental health and addiction services.
Mo to matou ropu - About our team
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 values humour, compassion, and self-care alongside delivering excellence in their day-to-day mahi, then this is the team for you!
Mou - 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 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 o Waitangi.
You understand the importance of person-directed care and intentional peer support.
You are mindful of the needs of our diverse population, including Pacific peoples, refugee and migrant communities, disabled people/tangata 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).
E pa ana ki a tatou - About us
You will enjoy a wide range of benefits including:
Working closer to tangata whaiora and whanau in their communities, and the ability to build stronger connections both across the mental health and addiction system and in the localities that you work within.
The ability to work more closely with your colleagues across the district, and across the distinct functions and specialities within the service.
Working for a service that has a focus on planned interventions (i.e. proactive not reactive approach).
Opportunities for greater flexibility of both work hours and locations across the district.
Greater opportunities for career progression and the development of specialisms in key areas of practice.
Here at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability, and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley is a pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Maori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
Me pehea te tuku tono - How to apply
Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email ******** and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line. Do discuss in your covering letter your current/previous mental health experience - we will be taking this into consideration for shortlisting for this role.
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