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Community Mental Health Nurses – PSAID Outpatients 1 FTE permanent opportunity availableCommunity Mental Health experience desired, based inPSAID's outpatient teamRegistered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand witha current APC and must have a mental health scope of practice.Mo te tunga | About the roleBased at Hillmorton Hospital, the Psychiatric Services for Adults with an Intellectual Disability (PSAID) Community Team provides comprehensive mental health assessment and treatment, including case management, for consumers with an intellectual disability and who also have a mental illness. The service is geared towards supporting and enabling consumers to effectively manage their illness in the community and lead a good life, often following inpatient care.Pehea | About YouThis role involves managing and prioritising a caseload, where you oversee all aspects of care for consumers. This includes assessments, home visits, follow up appointments, and organising reviews within your multidisciplinary team. A key part of the role will also see you support residential providers in keeping consumers well in their supported living arrangements. To this end, you will be assisting in providing advice and directives for NGO workers involved in the treatment plans of your consumers. You will also be prepared to respond to and know how to approach crises whenever they may occur.An experienced Registered Nurse with a recent mental health background, with a current NZ practicing certificatePast experience working in Intellectual Disability Services is desirable, although if you don't have this, we are still interested to hear from anyone who has an interest to work and gain experience in ID.A confident practitioner with demonstrated patient assessment skillsA Registered Nurse who is enthusiastic, motivated, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage a wide variety of peoplePrevious experience in working with consumers who have an intellectual disability would be an advantage1x full time (1 FTE) permanent positionSpecialist Mental Health Services are an interdisciplinary team that forms part of Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora - Canterbury | Waitaha. We are committed to working and partnering with tangata whaiora and their whanau. Constantly striving to work within our philosophy; we develop therapeutic, supportive and empowering relationships with our consumers, enabling them to achieve their personal goals and aspirations.Please submit your most recent resume along with a cover letter stating why you believe that you are the ideal candidate for the role highlighting any skills you have gained along the way.Applications are only accepted online so please visit our website at   complete an application.Applicants will be progressed as they apply, so if this sounds like you, please apply now!#J-18808-Ljbffr

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