Mental Health Nurse - Crisis Resolution Service

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley; Wellington; Sur place; NZD 80 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley is seeking aRegistered Nurse to join the Crisis Resolution Service. You will be integral to the urgent mental health and addiction response, working in a multidisciplinary team to assess and formulate risk in community settings.

You will be trained to advance within the Mental Health Act framework, with ongoing professional development and a pathway toward professional milestones, while embracing a supportive team culture.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years' experience in a mental health setting.
• Undergraduate or postgraduate program in mental health nursing.
• Full NZ Driver's Licence is essential.

Responsabilités

• Provide urgent mental health assessment and risk formulation.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in 24/7 rostered shift work and community-based crisis response.

Connaissances

Risk assessments

Teamwork

Formation

RN registration

Mental health nursing qualification (undergrad)

Mental health nursing (postgrad)

Description du poste

Location

Working across Wellington and Kapiti Region

Contract

Permanent, full-time (1FTE)

About the role

Join a service that provides rapid response to people in need of urgent intervention from specialist mental health and addiction services. This is an opportunity to be part of a supportive environment that offers many training opportunities to up skill and enhance your career pathway. Every day presents new challenges - no two will be the same. Rostered and rotating 24/7, shift work allows you to make the most of the summer and a chance to ski in the winter.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The Crisis Resolution Service (CRS) provides community based urgent mental health and addiction response to the Wellington Regions 24/5. The service is evolving from a centralised response to a more Rapid Response locality-based service we provide acute assessment/risk formulation and treatment for those requiring acute mental health interventions by working in partnership with people, whānau and community agencies. We are a front-line service and work closely with Emergency Departments, social services, GPs, the Police and tertiary education providers. We assess all people of all ages and refer on to secondary services or back to primary care. The team is multi-disciplinary, comprising of Nurses, Doctors, Allied professional and administrators.

About you

You will be an integral part of Multi-Disciplinary Team. Train to become a Duly Authorised Officer (Mental Health Act (C&T) Act 1992, within 6 months. Work towards your PDRP within a year. Become a preceptor to students. Have a good sense of humour and be able to work within a team.

Skills & Experience

Registered Nurse with at least 3 years' experience working in a mental health setting and preferably community mentalhealth. Completion of an undergraduate (leading to registration) or post graduate program in mental health or intellectual disability nursing'Full Driver's License essential. Skilled in risk assessments and risk formulations.

Working at Health New ZealandHealth New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is 'the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.