Intake & Assessment Clinician at Capital & Coast District Health Board (Wellington), Wellington Hospital

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Ūpoko ki te uru hauora.

Location: Wellington Regional Hospital/Kenepuru Hospital/Hutt Valley Hospital

Service:  Te Whare Mārie Specialist Māori Mental Health 

Contract:  Permanent, Part time (20 hours per week / 0.5FTE)

Salary:  As per MECA, reflective of discipline and experience

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

This role is to review and triage all referrals to Te Whare Mārie CAMHS.  You will be an active member of the team and will liaise as necessary with other intake clinicians for the various 3dhb CAMHS teams.

You will be reviewing 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

We are a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, passionate about quality mental health care for tamariki, rangatahi and whanau.  We work as a supportive and friendly tem. Opportunities to grow in clinical practice and confidence in working with Māori frameworks are actively encouraged.  Our values of manaakitanga, kotahitanga and rangatiratanga guide our style of working together to pursue clinical and cultural excellence.  We believe that having fun and caring for one another is essential to our mahi.  We strive to meet the needs of tangata motuhake by providing holistic services that respect, value and include whānau beliefs, customs, language and culture.

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 (AH123-22) in the subject line.

We require all our employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This includes the booster dose within six months of receiving the second dose of initial vaccination (for some people the initial vaccination will have comprised of three doses).  We are not accepting applications that do not meet this criteria.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed