Intake and Assessment Clinician at Capital & Coast District Health Board (Wellington), Kenepuru Hospital/Porirua

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Ūpoko me Te Karu o Te Ika

Location: Level 3, BNZ Tower Porirua

Service:  Pasifika CAMHS & Porirua CAMHS 

Contract:  Permanent, Part Time, 32 hour per week (0.8FTE)

Salary:  As per MECA

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Intake/Triage Clinician-s role is to review and triage all referrals to Pasifica-CAMHS and Porirua CAMHS teams.  You will be an active member of both these teams and as well will liaise as necessary with other intake clinicians for the various 3dhb CAMHS teams.

You will be triaging non-urgent referrals from a variety of sources in the community, liaising with relevant services to ensure young people receive safe, high quality and equitable care.

This is a fundamental role to ensure that children, young people and their whanau access the most appropriate service based on their needs and is essential to the smooth running of the CAMHS service. 

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

All community mental health teams are filled with bright dedicated clinicians.  According to the students we have, Porirua & Pasifika CAMHS have created a friendly, close-knit team that support each other, in clinical practice and professional growth.

This role will be supporting both the Porirua CAMHS team and the Pasifika CAMHS team.

Moū - About you

You will be an experienced registered mental health professional (Allied Health or Nursing) with at least 5 years of recent work experience in a DHB mental health service, an up to date annual practicing certificate, and experience in mental health triage and risk assessment.

E pā ana ki a tatou - About us

Here at the 2DHBs (Capital & Coast District Health Board and Hutt Valley District Health Boards) we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

The 2DHBs are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast DHB

Hutt Valley DHB

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email Philip.Adamson@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number (AH012-22) in the subject line.

2DHB requires ALL its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  We are not accepting applications that do not meet this criteria.

Please note we will be reviewing applications when received and will progress through the recruitment process until advertising closes on 5 June 2022.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed