Full Time - Monday to Friday

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Do you want to be part of an Innovative, Challenging, Passionate, Specialist-led service?

This senior position is primarily based at Manukau CMHC in Manukau. You will work alongside other locality based Clinical Nurse Specialist colleagues on the Adult Primary Care Integrated Pathway developing and managing the relationships between the Manukau CMHC and the Primary Health Sector within the aligned Locality. Your focus will be facilitating access, developing effective communication channels and delivering appropriate clinical care pathways to meet the mental and physical health needs of people within the locality. The role will also support and enable other members of the CMHC to work alongside primary care.

 We are currently looking for an experienced senior registered nurse who is self-motivated and passionate about mental health. If you are a team player, with the ability to communicate effectively with General Practitioners and PHO's, have proven leadership qualities, excellent clinical assessment and intervention skills with clients, Then we want to hear from you!

This is a full time permanent position, working Monday to Friday between 8:00am  - 5:00pm

Essential:

• New Zealand Nursing Registration 
• Current Annual Practicing Certificate
• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience in Mental Health
• Post Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Specialty Nursing Practice
• Working towards Level 3 Expert Nurse
• Extensive knowledge of mental illness and treatment interventions
• Full & Clean NZ Driver's Licence

• Proven ability to communicate effectively with General Practitioners and PHO's

• Leadership skills

Desired:

• Previous experience of working in a variety of clinic settings e.g. GP practice

• Triage experience with MH clients
• Have or are working towards Level 4 Expert Nurse
• Project management experience
• Strategic planning and policy development skills
• Formal supervision training

For a copy of the job description, click here  

For more information please contact Amon Iva in the Recruitment Centre on (09)277 3461.

Applications Close: 25th February 2022

Job Number: CMH20216732

Our highest priority is the safety and welfare of our patients and our people.  We have strict Health & Safety measures to keep our people safe. All new employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 under the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.

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.