Nurse Specialist Psychological Therapies

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

This is a rare opportunity for a suitably experienced and qualified mental health nurse to join the team as a Nurse Specialist.

Community Mental Health Services provide a multi-disciplinary, recovery focussed service for clients living in Te Toka Tumai Auckland. You will be part of a dedicated service, supporting excellent clinical care while developing your existing Mental Health knowledge and clinical skills in an established and multidisciplinary work environment.

You will be working with a well-established management team and senior nursing group. There is also excellent opportunity for support from the wider multi-disciplinary team.

You will impress us with your depth of knowledge of relevant evidence based psychological therapies, high level of time management and organisational skills and demonstrated ability to work with people from a range of cultural backgrounds. You will maintain a clinical caseload for the Taylor Centre but will work across the CMHC teams to support the development of individual and group therapy knowledge and skills.

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

To be eligible you will need to be:

- Registered Mental Health Nurse with NZ registration and a current APC
- Level 3 or Level 4 PDRP
- 5 years’ experience in Mental Health and community mental health care experience
- Post Graduate Certificate in psychotherapy

**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 also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa)

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