Clinical Team Coordinator, Community MHSOP

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau; Auckland; On-site; NZD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a progressive health organization as a Clinical Team Coordinator focused on Mental Health Services for Older People. This full-time position offers an opportunity for experienced professionals to lead a dedicated team, promote best clinical practices, and drive transformation within community health care. With a commitment to serving diverse populations, your role will significantly impact the wellbeing of older individuals in Counties Manukau.

Benefits

Ongoing education and training opportunities

Engage with a diverse community

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post-registration experience in Mental Health, preferably in a community setting.
• Full, NZ driver’s licence with no limitations.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and coordination for a Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• Participate in recruitment, workforce development, and assessment of team performance.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Mentoring

Team coordination

Communication

Education

NZ Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Clinical Team Coordinator, Community MHSOP

Clinical Team Coordinator –Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) Community Team

• Opportunity to make an impact on the health of our community in Counties Manukau
• Permanent Full Time (1 FTE)opportunity!
• Monday to Friday

Our Organisation:

Health NZ Counties Manukau is a dynamic and progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health care delivery within the New Zealand Public Health Sector. We continue to work with others to achieve equity in key health indicators for Maaori, Pacific and communities with health disparities and will continue to develop and implement plans, based on local needs to improve the health and wellbeing of Counties Manukau region. Our main sites are Middlemore Hospital, Kidz First Hospital and Manukau Health Park.

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

About the role:

Nurture the thoughts of the elders, they are stories of tomorrow

Are you an experienced Mental Health Nurse who is looking for a new challenge?

We are seeking to fill a full time Clinical Team Coordinator post. This is an opportunity to fulfil your clinical and leadership aspirations!

• Share and expand your clinical leadership and practice
• Develop your leadership skills in areas of service development and transformation
• Clinical leadership and co-ordination of a highly motivated Multi-Disciplinary Team who have high level of expertise within their professional scope of practice
• Leadership and participation in the development of our Mental Health Team working alongside Primary Care Practices, NGOs and Aged Care Facilities
• Supporting and facilitating team and individual professional development
• Work Monday – Friday
• Work in a friendly and fun team

This is a clinical leadership role that interfaces with the Clinical Head and the Team Manager, and is responsible for providing clinical and operational leadership as well as co-ordination of the specialist Clinical Team.

In partnership with the Clinical Head and Doctors, the Clinical Coordinator role is expected to provide clinical leadership of the team, offering consultation, advice, mentoring and facilitation of best available clinical practice and caseload management across the continuum of integrated care; ensuring the safe and effective delivery of high quality clinical services that improve health outcomes and service user experience.

Participating in the support of recruitment, retention, workforce development and guiding clinical staff with their professional development pathways is also a key component of this role. The Clinical Coordinator is responsible for allocating clinical resources, in line with clinical care objectives and goals of the team, including ensuring the team works in partnership with colleagues across the Mental Health and Addictions (MH&A) Acute and Integrated care pathways.

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to develop and to utilise their leadership and clinical skills to make a significant difference to the lives of older people in our community.

Salaries are based on the PSA Mental Health & Public Health Nursing Collective Agreement, Registered Nurse Scale.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a progressive organisation committed to excellence in healthcare
• Engage with a diverse community and enhance your nursing practice
• Access to ongoing education and training opportunities

If you are enthusiastic about advancing your career in Mental Health and making a difference in our community, we want to hear from you!

• NZ Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience in Mental Health with some of this being within a community mental health team
• Full, NZ driver’s licence with no limitations

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.

Job details

Job Reference:

Job Reference: CMH202413966

Location:

North Island - Auckland - South & East Auckland

Job type:

Job type: Permanent Full time

Expertise:

Clinical - Nursing - Mental Health & Addictions Nurse