Community Mental Health Community Acute Service Seeking applications from Registered Nurses, Social Workers, and Occupational Therapists who have completed or are soon to complete their Post Graduate Certificate in Mental Health and Addictions.
This is an exciting opportunity for a New Graduate in their second year of practice. It is a permanent, full-time rostered role, Monday to Sunday, with locations across the Auckland Region.
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 consists of two 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, which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
We have 4 Planned Acute Care teams, each working from one of our community mental health centres: Cornwall House (Greenlane), Kainga 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 tangata whai i te ora and their whanau when increased intervention is required.
As a key member of this professional, dedicated team, you'll be responsible for assessing and managing the needs of service users 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 tangata whai i te ora presenting to mental health services. They assess tangata 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 from 8am to 11pm, with a reduced service offered overnight.
This is a dynamic team that responds assertively to the acute mental health needs of tangata whai i te ora in the community.
We welcome applications from those 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 the Planned Acute Care teams - Manaaki House (Panmure), Cornwall House (Greenlane), Taylor Centre (Ponsonby), and Kainga Tiaki (Mt Eden). Please identify your preferred centre in your cover letter.
Important Skills Registered Mental Health Nurses; Social Workers or Occupational Therapists with a minimum of 1 year of mental health 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, and have in-house training and teaching sessions specific to aspects of community acute assessment and treatment.
For more information about this role, please contact Andrea Lees, Clinical Team Leader via ******.
Our Organisation We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland, providing 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.
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. We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.
Why You Will Enjoy Working Here We recognize there is more to life than work, and we encourage and provide access to several services and benefits to support our staff while employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
How to Apply Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply for this role. If you have any queries about accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Jade Smith - Recruitment Consultant at ******.
As the ideal candidate, you will either be 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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