Intake and Assessment Clinician for Hutt North Community Mental Health Team

Location:  CBD Tower, Main St, Upper Hutt

Contract:   Permanent, Part Time (0.6 FTE) Mon-Fri

Salary:      $81,683 to $106,730 (Pro rata for 0.6 FTE and depending on experience)

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, whānau-centred care, and excellence. 

About the role

The Intake and Assessment Clinician’s role helps support facilitating access to mental health services in partnership with the people we support within the community. 

Key priorities of the role include:

• Triaging referrals from a variety of sources in the community.
• Undertake face to face initial assessments. 
• Recognise that culturally safe practices are paramount, and liaise with relevant services to ensure people receive safe, high quality and equitable care.
• Assess and escalate any crisis/urgent referrals to the appropriate crisis mental health and addiction services. 
• Works collaboratively alongside the community mental health teams and local service providers to access the most appropriate service/support for the person based on their requirements.
• Liaise with referrers, including local GP’s and community networks/NGO providers in the region to ensure people get appropriate, timely and person centred-care and feed back to them if there are any issues regarding quality of referrals

About the Team/Service/ Location 

We are an experienced mental health team situated on the Hutt Valley. We consist of Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapist, alcohol/drug clinicians, registered mental health nurses, clinical nurse specialist and admin staff. We have visiting NGO’s, lived experience lead and other teams from Wellington.

We are a team who likes to provide expert care and treatment to our clients and have an excellent working relationship with the local NGO’s and community services. 

We have free parking and public transport close by. We like to celebrate each other’s successes.

About you

We need:

• An experienced registered mental health professional (allied health or nursing) with recent experience in mental health. 
• An up to date annual practicing certificate
• Experience in mental health triage and risk assessment
• Fully COVID-19 vaccinated
• Willing to help you grow into this role 

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 Māori, 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 1st April. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.