Nurse Practitioner For Hutt South Community Mental Health Team

Location : Lower Hutt

Contract : Permanent, Part Time (0.8 FTE)

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is

firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to

serving all New Zealanders.

Through integration and collaboration, we're

building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability,

whanau-centred care, and excellence.

About

the Role

The Hutt

Valley MHAIDS Service has an exciting

opportunity for an innovative Matanga Tapuhi Nurse

Practitioner (NP) position or a NP Candidacy to registration for this area of

practice.

The role is located within the Hutt South Community Mental Health

Team in Lower Hutt.The Matanga TapuhiNurse Practitioner (NP) - Mental Health is an

autonomous practitioner who works independently and collaboratively with

multidisciplinary teams (MDT) and providers to support the safe transition of

adults and older people with complex mental health needs to the residential

care providers.

Tangata

whaiora from the district and central region transitioning

through Kelvin House from mental health and hospital speciality services

require comprehensive assessment to enable best

management for significant mental health and often complex physical health

needs.

The Matanga Tapuhi NP role will support optimising care

provision using an individual and population-based approach to collaboratively

support healthcare needs for these vulnerable tangata whaiora with a diverse range of mental health conditions.

Referrals for this service may

originate from rehabilitation, acute, or community pathways where recovery

focused approaches are no longer appropriate and the individual would benefit

from long term supportive care in a secure environment and working with the

Lower Hutt South Community Mental Health Team.

As a

Nurse Practitioner part of the role will be working closely with the team at

this unit to provide clinical oversight of this cohort of clients.

This can

include being the MHA Responsible Clinician and providing MH care and support

and will also be working within the Hutt CMHT to provide services for people

with mental health needs.

Salary : Senior Nursing Grade 6 as Nurse Practitioner

(NP) with registration as NP as per PSA-Mental-Health-Public-Nursing-RONZ-CA-31-Mar-

• Dec-
• or NZNO-HNZ Collective Agreement
• or Grade 3 if appointed to NP

Candidate role in a NP Candidacy.

About the

Team / Service Location

The Local Adult Specialist Mental Health and Addiction

Service is implementing a vision, principles and future model of care that is

integrated, culturally responsive, equitable across the district and

aligned with national and local directions.

The team is a multidisciplinary

team with service provision for people with mental health needs.

About you

advanced mental health nursing expertise.

an autonomous practitioner who works

independently and collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams (MDT)

exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills,

understanding of the Mental Health Act.

achieving equitable outcomes for Maori whanau.Or if applying for Nurse Practitioner

Candidacy opportunity.

We are looking for a recognised advanced practice nurse that has a

passion for ongoing learning and the ability to adapt to work effectively with

different learning experiences.

You will need :

restrictions from the NCNZ

three- four years relevant expertise and working at an advanced RN

practice level

requirements to undertake the NP postgraduate practicum aligning to the

national Nurse Practitioner Training Programme (NPTP).

We offer a well-developed Nurse Practitioner Candidacy Programme.

Professional and clinical support for NP Candidates that includes peer support,

professional supervision, clinical supervision and practice development

opportunities.

Note : If appointed to the role and a current

employee at Capital Coast and Hutt Valley Health NZ - the Candidacy period will

be a secondment.

Working at Health

New Zealand

Health 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

Maori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

How to Apply

To apply please click 'apply now.

All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by 26th November.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact

We will review

applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before

the closing date of this advertisement.