Associate Charge Nurse Manager or Team Leader

**Where you’ll be working**: ICAMHS, Waiora CBD, Hamilton

**The details**:Permanent - 40 Hours per week (1.0 FTE)
- **We have an exciting new opportunity for a mental health nurse or allied health clinician to advance their career within the mental health and addictions service.**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a team of passionate Mental Health Clinicians & Support Workers who support one another to affect change and make a sustainable difference in the lives of tamariki, rangatahi and their whānau, and in the communities they work with. This will be a busy role, the rewards significant and you will be supported to establish yourself in the role and help lead the team.

**Responsibilities of the role**:

- Part of the ICAMHS leadership team
- Provide leadership and clinical support to all team members
- Manage waitlist referrals, allocation and other tasks as delegated by the CNM
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with your colleagues across mental health & addictions sector, both internally to Te Whatu Ora and externally with our NGO cluster partners
- Act up as CNM / TL as required

**Click here** to view the position description.**
- (Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)_

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

We provide specialist services for infants, children/tamariki and adolescents/rangatahi who are experiencing serious mental health challenges. Strong relationships with whānau, our cluster partners, other providers and with the communities we serve are the foundation of our work so you will need the ability to maintain excellent external working relationships as we look for opportunities to achieve equity for Māori.

**Mōu | About you**

Required skills & experience you will need to be considered for this role:

- Knowledge and understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Full registration with the registration board of the relevant discipline
- Full current clean driver's license
- At least 2 years of clinical experience in ICAMHS (current)
- Experience in clinical leadership (preferred)

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

**Te iwi Ngakaunui - People at Heart**
- Whakamana - Give and earn respect
- Whakaronga - Listen to me; Talk to me
- Mauri Pai - Fair play
- Whakapakari - Growing the good
- Kotahitanga - Stronger together

It is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.

We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.

Here at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients - directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.

Te Whatu Ora, Waikato serves the largest Māori population and third largest Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary, teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres. Clinical specialities include Women’s and Children Services, Cardiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oncology and Haematology, Surgical services, and Mental Health and Addiction. Waikato Hospital is the Midland regional referral centre for multiple specialties including trauma surgery, oncology, and neurology.

We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply. We proactively develop pathways that maximise opportunity for Māori and encourage Māori to apply.

**He aha Waikato**

Waikato is the fourth largest region in Aotearoa New Zealand and located just south of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It features a wide range of world-class outdoor and cultural experiences. You can surf the world-famous beaches of Whāingaroa Raglan, swim at the beautiful beaches of the Kapanga Coromandel, hike our majestic mountain ranges, tour the Hobbiton shire, experience the magic of the Waitomo glow worm caves, and encounter a vast