Mental Health Nurse - Tupu Ora at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Mental Health Nurses needed for Tupu – Ora Regional Eating Disorder Service. 
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to provide assessment and specialist treatment
• Permanent, full-time roles (40 hours per week), Monday to Friday.

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced mental health nurse to join our team at Tupu Ora – Regional Eating Disorder Service.

Tupu Ora is a regional specialist service providing assessment and treatment for children, adolescents and adults with eating disorders. Tupu Ora also provides consultation to and liaison with community services and hospitals in the Metro Auckland and Northland region.  

Tupu Ora has a continuum of services including community/outpatient, intensive day programme and residential options.  The Tupu Ora community team provides specialist treatment to children, adolescents and adults presenting with moderate to severe eating disorders in the community and outpatient setting.  Our community team has both child and adolescent and adult sub-teams. 

As a member of the Team, you will work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team to provide assessment and specialist treatment to our client group. 

We can offer good opportunities for professional development and clinical supervision and to develop specialist expertise and/or build on existing skills.

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

We are seeking applications from New Zealand registered nurse with a current APC. You will also bring excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as a strong commitment to a multi-disciplinary team approach. Experience of working with eating disorders would be desirable but is not essential.

For more information about this role please contact Karen Radich, via KRadich@adhb.govt.nz

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa).

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role. 

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Suzanne Morgan - Recruitment Consultant at suzannemor@adhb.govt.nz or 021 461 532 to discuss how we can best support your application.