Mental Health Professional

2 weeks ago


Manawatu District ManawatuWanganui, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Whanganui Full time

**Registered Mental Health Professional**:
Maternal Infant, Child Adolescent Mental Health and Addiction Service (MICAMHAS)

40 hours per week permanent 1.0 FTE

**Te Whatu Ora vaccination policy**

**As one of Aotearoa's largest employers of the health and disability workforce and a leader across the sector, Te Whatu Ora has and continues to have an obligation to ensure both the safety and wellbeing of its staff and patients.**

**Te Whatu Ora has an expectation that all new staff will be up to date with their vaccinations before they join Te Whatu Ora.**

This role is split between 2 specialties: of 0.5fte Maternal mental health and 0.5fte Child and Adolescent mental health

The MICAMHAS team are looking for a registered nurse or social worker who is able to support the Maternal mental health clinician providing treatment/therapy for mothers and babies as part of the role with the additional part of the role providing services to young people. The role will involve assessment and therapy/intervention with mothers and their babies as well as young people and their whanau who experience moderate to severe and complex mental health and addiction issues.

We provide rural clinics and urgent assessment work so there will be a need to be flexible and the ability to adapt to changing environments and situations.

It is expected you will have an understanding of the impact of social determinants on infant, child and youth development and the importance of cultural connections while fostering strength-based model of care.

Whanganui MICAMHAS uses the Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) as a service model so the ability to work collaboratively with mothers and babies, young people and their whanau, encouraging resilience and problem-solving skills is an important aspect of this role.

Being able to develop and maintain working relationships with our Whanganui community partners is essential.

The current team is committed to best practice guidelines and improving outcomes so participation in quality improvement work is expected.

We will provide a supportive work environment and training opportunities for professional development.

If you would like to know more? Please contact Janice Bowers Clinical Nurse Manager on

06 348 1901

Vacancy number: 11MHPM5749



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