Registered Mental Health Nurse - MHAIDS ED Team

About the role

This is a new role within the MHAIDS Emergency Department team at Wellington Regional Hospital. You will work alongside senior mental health specialty nurses and develop your assessment and formulation skills. The position is based in the emergency department and provides rapid assessments for people, including current mental health service users, who present with a mental health problem. It is open to permanent, full-time and part-time (0.8-1 FTE) positions, Monday to Friday, with AM and PM shifts.

Key responsibilities

• Rapidly assess and formulate the current needs and issues of people presenting with a mental health problem in the emergency department.
• Develop a crisis response plan.
• Where indicated, provide immediate mental health intervention and/or facilitate access to MHAID services or other relevant community services.
• Work with support from senior nurse colleagues and a Senior Medical Officer.

Required profile

• Registration with the Nursing Council of New Zealand and a current practising certificate.
• Undergraduate (leading to registration) or postgraduate programme in mental health nursing.
• Three years of mental health nursing experience, with demonstrated proficiency in acute mental health assessment, formulation, planning and implementation of care.
• Understanding of the significance of and obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including how to apply its principles in the nursing role.

Applications are made through the online careers portal; applications are reviewed as received and may be considered before the closing date.