Associate Charge Nurse Manager/ Associate Team

**Associate Charge Nurse Manager/ Associate Team leader - Mental Health Central South Sector**

**Job Number**:WAI27315**

**Where you’ll be working**:193 London Street, Hamilton

**The details**:Permanent Full time - 40 hours per week
- Are you an innovative health professional seeking a leadership role in mental health and addictions service? Yes? - then we want you to join us.
- Our community mental health and addictions service is undertaking a significant change process to improve service delivery to Tāngata Whaiora/Service users and their families, and you could be part of the team directly leading out and creating the changes we need.

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

The Associate Charge Nurse Manager/ Associate Team Leader for the Central South Sector
- Is based in Central Hamilton.
- Will report to the Charge Nurse Manager and work within a multi-disiplinary team which includes Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Doctors and Nursing staff.
- Will be a role which is challenging and diverse and you will enhance your leadership capability.
- Provides clinical leadership to the team as delegated by the Charge Nurse Manager.
- Will not be required to do any weekend work and will be Monday to Friday 8-4.30pm
- Key responsibilities of the role:

- To work with the Charge Nurse Manager to support and lead a well functioning mental health and addictions community team.
- To be aware of the need to achieve health equity for our diverse communities, especially for Māori, pacific and disabled and other groups who currently have poorer outcomes.
- To be committed to understanding the needs of the communities that we work in and building networks within them.
- To have sound decision making skills especially in high pressure situations.

**To view the position description for Associate Charge Nurse Manager **click here** or **click here** for the Associate Team Leader**
- (Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Te Whatu Ora, Waikato website.)_

**Ko o tatou painga | Our Benefits**
- We can offer further leadership opportunities and leadership training.
- An exciting opportunity to be part of service development and quality improvement.
- To work with a supportive leadership team who will provide you with coaching, mentoring and guidance in your role.

**Mōu | About you**
- Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:

- You must hold current registration and a practicing certificate with a health professional body.
- You will need to demonstrate significant clinical experience in Mental Health and Addictions, ideally within the community setting.
- A current full drivers licence.
- Experience in implementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi in action.

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**
- With tāngata whaiora/service users based both locally and rurally this role provides an exciting opportunity to work closely with the communities in which people live and support better outcomes. The Central South team covers the southern half of urban Hamilton out to Raglan on one side and then out to Matamata via Cambridge including Waharoa on the other side. You will work alongside an experienced multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality, and evidence based mental health and addictions support.

**Ko ngaa hua o te noho ki roto o Waikato, te mahi hoki ki Te Whatu Ora, Waikato | The Benefits of living in Waikato and working for Te Whatu Ora, Waikato**
- Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please **click here**.
- As part of our Health NZ, Waikato family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside our Health NZ, Waikato benefits and staff discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

**He whare Manawanui, He whare Koronga | A committed workspace, a workspace with purpose**
- We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

**Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion**

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