Damhs Coordinator

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**
This role offers a special opportunity for someone with a range of skills and knowledge to work in a challenging and stimulating environment. You need to be able to see the big picture as well as have good attention to detail.

The remuneration for the role reflects the need for you to actively use your critical thinking and leadership skills, and ability to manage complex systems to ensure risk and compliance management, in support of the Director of Mental Health and Addictions.

In your typical week you will deal with a wide variety of professionals including mental health staff, visiting Judges, the Coroner’s office, the Health and Disability Commissioners Office and the Privacy Commission. Therefore a high standard of verbal and written communication skills are essential including excellent report writing. There is also the potential to take on projects related to the role and within the mental health directorate.

You will be based within Te Whatu Ora/Acute Mental Health Unit which is situated on the Auckland City Hospital site adjacent to the beautiful Auckland Domain. However your role will require you to visit services on other mental health sites.

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

You will have:

- Experience of working in a hospital, it would be preferable for you to have an understanding of the Mental Health Act.
- Strong organisational skills and an eye for detail
- A high level of computer literacy
- Confidence in dealing with people across all levels
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- An ability to create a pleasant, professional and efficient working team environment

This is a full time role working 40 hours per week Monday to Friday.

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**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 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