Community & Justice Liaison Nurse - Forensics and Rehabilitation Inpatient MH Service

About the role

The Central Region Forensics and Rehabilitation Inpatient Mental Health Service is looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse (Forensic Community & Justice Liaison Nurse) in Whanganui. The nurse provides liaison and consultation between Courts, Prisons, Justice Departments, Mental Health, Police, Government and Community Agencies on mental health and addiction matters, and gives a rapid assessment of people identified as having or possibly having a mental health and addiction problem.

The forensic community teams are multidisciplinary and serve all 6 prisons and 17 court systems in the Central Region, and they follow up in the community people who move out of the inpatient units. The service also acts as a Court Liaison for the Youth Court and completes specialist psychological or psychiatric assessments ordered by the Court under the Children, Young Persons and Families Act 1989 (section 333).

Required profile

Candidates should be able to demonstrate professional, legal and ethical responsibilities and cultural safety, with knowledge and judgement and accountability for their own actions and decisions. They must show interpersonal and therapeutic communication with clients, other nursing staff and inter-professional colleagues, and be able to manage client care supported by nursing knowledge and evidence-based research. Registered Nurses must hold a pre-registration or post-registration qualification in mental health nursing (or ID) to work in MHAIDS. A full New Zealand driver's licence is required.

Applications are made through the online careers portal, and the employer reviews applications as received.