Intake and Assessment Clinician

2 weeks ago

Porirua, New Zealand Capital & Coast District Health Board Full time

**_Nau mai, haere mai ki Ūpoko ki te uru hauora_**

**Location**: Kenepuru Hospital /Porirua

**Service**: MHAIDS

**Contract**: Full Time/Permanent/Mon
- Fri 0830-1700

**Salar**y**: Step 6 Allied, Step 7 Nursing

**Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team**

Porirua Adult Community Mental Health and Addiction service provides a range of community based services, clinics, home visits to groups of people with moderate to severe mental illness. The service is multi-disciplinary and includes staff such as psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, cultural therapists, kaumatua, kaiawhina and consumer advisors.

We are a team who enjoy celebrating success and are very supportive to each other. We enjoy doing the 5 minute quiz at lunchtime and as we are on the 8th floor of the BNZ Tower we have the best views of Porirua Harbour.

**Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role**

The Intake and Assessment Clinician’s role helps support facilitating access to mental health services in partnership with the people we support within the community.

Key priorities of the role include:

- Triaging referrals from a variety of sources in the community.
- Undertake face to face initial assessments.
- Recognise that culturally safe practices are paramount, and liaise with relevant services to ensure people receive safe, high quality and equitable care.
- Assess and escalate any crisis/urgent referrals to the appropriate crisis mental health and addiction services
- Works collaboratively alongside the community mental health teams and local service providers to access the most appropriate service/support for the person based on their requirements.
- Liaise with referrers, including local GP’s and community networks/NGO providers in the region to ensure people get appropriate, timely and person centred-care and feed back to them if there are any issues regarding quality of referrals

**Moū - About you**

We need:

- An experienced registered mental health professional (allied health or nursing) with recent experience in mental health.
- An up to date annual practicing certificate
- Experience in mental health triage and risk assessment
- Fully COVID-19 vaccinated
- Willing to help you grow into this role

**E pā ana ki a tatou - About us**

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District 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**

**_
Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai_**

**_ By joining together we will succee_

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