Registered Nurse - older persons' mental health at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Nelson Marlborough, Alexandra Hospital Inviting Registered nurse to join the Older Person Mental HealthTeam in a fulfilling permanent position at Alexandra Hospital, starting as soonas possible.
This role offers you rewarding opportunity to work within adedicated multidisciplinary team, delivering compassionate and comprehensiveservices to older patients with mental health conditions with a focus onwell-being and improving quality of life for our patients and their families.
You will be available to work all shifts (morning, afternoon andnight shift) as rostered with no on-call duties, allowing you to maintain awork-life balance while making a meaningful contribution to patient care.
The Older Persons - Mental Health Inpatient Unit, at AlexandraHospital in Richmond, provides psychiatric and geriatric care and support tothe older population of our community.
We aim to provide high quality inpatientcare to patients with acute mental health needs and/or complex age-relatedhealth conditions.
We work in partnership with our patients and their families toachieve the best possible health outcome for the patients.
We also work closelywith other healthcare providers and supports to ensure a holistic andpatient-centered approach to mental health care.
Health New Zealand, Nelson Marlborough hasapproximately 3000 employees, providing health services in the Nelson, Tasman,and Marlborough regions, serving almost 150,000 people.
Facilities at NelsonMarlborough include four hospitals (Nelson, Wairau, Alexandra, and MurchisonHospitals), a district wide public health service, and four community healthCentre's located in Richmond, Marlborough, Motueka, and Golden Bay.
Our visionis for all people to live well, get well, and stay well, and our mission is towork with the people of our community to promote, encourage, and enable theirhealth, well-being, and independence.
Respect, innovation, teamwork, andintegrity represent our fundamental values.
Ko wai he kaitono totika?
(Who is an appropriate applicant?)
You will have current NCNZ registration and practisingcertificate, with no conditions that exclude Mental Health Scope of Practice,and a minimum of one year - s post-registration nursing experience in mentalhealth nursing, preferably with older persons.
You will have knowledge of: Physical and mental disorders commonlyexperienced in older persons Contemporary treatment approachesincluding person-centred care, sensory modulation, therapeutic use of selfand therapeutic use of psychiatric medications Mental Health assessment and careplanning Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment andTreatment) Act, 1992 PPPR Act - Welfare Guardianship.
Your skills will include: Strong interpersonal skills Ability to work effectively inmulti-disciplinary team and handling challenging situations with empathyto deliver patient-centred care.
Nga huanga o tenei mahi (The benefits of this position) Older Person - s Mental Health is a growing and developing serviceproviding a range of professional development opportunities for the rightapplicant.
You will be joining a great team that values teamwork and iscommitted to supporting the best possible health outcomes for our elderlypatients.
Alternatively for role specific information please contactChristine Ball, Nurse Manager - Older Persons Mental Health via email to Closing date: Open until filled .
Applicationswill be reviewed as they are received, so we encourage you to apply early.
Health New Zealand strongly endorses Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We believethat to achieve equity in health outcomes for Maori we need a workforcereflective of the population it serves.
We strongly encourage applications fromcandidates who identify as Maori and we recruit for cultural competence.
He wakaeke noa.
We are all in this together.
Employer: Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Nelson Marlborough Note: You may be redirected to the employer's careers website.
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