Registered Nurse - Assertive Outreach Team (Aot)

New Zealand Government; Whanganui; On-site; NZD 42,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

New Zealand Government's Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Whanganui invites applications for a Registered Nurse in the Assertive Outreach Team at Whanganui Hospital. This 0.8 FTE fixed-term role (32 hours/week) runs from 17 August 2026 to 17 August 2027, offering meaningful contribution to community mental health recovery.

You will work in a supportive team, engage with diverse service users, and coordinate care with community agencies to achieve evidence-based outcomes.

Qualifications

• Three years minimum experience working with case load management in community settings.
• Registration with a regulatory body (NZ) and scope of practice enabling duties.
• High levels of communication, customer relations and managing diversity, empathy and bi-cultural sensitivity.
• Police clearance and a current clean driver's license are required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Assertive Outreach Team to engage and perform at high standards for quality outcomes in mental health recovery.
• Contribute to community follow-up treatment and delivery of assertive community treatment and care.
• Collaborate with community agencies and services involved in community treatment and care.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Communication skills

Bi-cultural sensitivity

Case load management

Empathy

Computer skills (MS Word)

Education

Registered Nurse with NZ Nursing Council registration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Registered Nurse -Assertive Outreach Team, Whanganui Hospital 0.8 FTE (32 hours per week) Fixed term from 17/08/2026 to 17/08/2027 Make a meaningful difference in mental health recovery within a supportive community-based team and enjoy Whanganui's affordable lifestyle, shorter commutes, and outstanding work-life balance. Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

This 0.8 FTE position will support the Assertive Outreach Team to encourage an environment where staff are engaged and performing at their potential to provide quality evidence-based outcomes for the people who access the Community Mental Health and Addiction Services.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The Assertive Outreach Team works to provide mental health community follow up treatment and support and the delivery of assertive community treatment and care for a challenging to engage with group of service user/tangata whaiora living in the community. This position provides you with the opportunity to work with a variety of community agencies and services also involved in the community treatment and care. For more information on living and working in Whanganui click here

About you

You must be able to demonstrate that you are registered with (or working towards) a regulatory body of New Zealand and that your scope of practice enables you to undertake the duties of this position.

Requirements for this position are:

• The ability to demonstrate high levels of clinical knowledge in mental health disorders, psychiatric and addiction medications, and the management of risk.
• Practice based therapeutic modes of intervention in a person centred, family friendly, recovery model.
• Three years minimum experience working with case load management, identifying co-existing problems and delivering clinical and psychosocial care in a variety of community settings and proven practical experience as a registered health professional in mental health and addiction clinical settings, adult addiction and co-existing problems in mental health is preferred.
• High levels of communication, customer relations and managing diversity skills, empathy and bi-cultural sensitivity.
• be a duly authorised officer or willing to complete the training
• be a provider of educational and community information that is supportive of the needs to the service users/tangata whaiora and their family/whanau
• Competent computer skills in Microsoft word and ability to learn computer software packages quickly, a police clearance and current clean driver's license are also required.
• Have a compassionate and enthusiastic understanding for mental health well-being and ability to deliver interventions that is reflective of Health New Zealand/Te Whatu Ora Whanganui values

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.