Registered Nurse - Waiatarau Acute Inpatient Unit - Adult Mental Health

Based at Waitakere Hospital Full time, permanent role Supportive team environment

Waitemata District Health Board serves the communities of North and West Auckland and the Rodney District, a population of over 600,000 people. Dedicated to the delivery of public health care, Waitemata is committed to "best care for everyone" - to the patient, their family/Whanau, the community and Iwi, and the healthcare workforce.
Waiatarau is a mental health inpatient unit located on the grounds of Waitakere Hospital. The unit as a whole comprises of 8 intensive care beds and 24 open ward beds.
Mental Health inpatient units are essentially national resources, but all efforts are made to ensure clients from the West Auckland area that need our services are accommodated at Waiatarau.
We are looking for a Registered Nurses with acute mental health inpatient unit experience.
You will require a high level of clinical skill, demonstrate a proactive approach toward seclusion elimination and restraint reduction, enjoy being actively involved in service improvement and have a sense of humour. You will be part of a great team of RN's who work closely with other members of the MDT and with our community teams to provide care to service users during the most acute phase of their episode of care.
Effective & therapeutic communication skills are essential and an understanding of sensory modulation would be an advantage. Registration with New Zealand Nursing Council as an RN (comp) with PG cert in Mental Health and/or experience in Mental Health specialty, or RPN, and a current Practicing Certificate are essential.
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For further information phone Morgan Timms, Charge Nurse Manager on 021 240 8598. Or for any recruitment enquiries please contact Glenn Bratton - Recruitment Consultant 09 442 7251.
To be considered for this position please apply directly online by visiting our website on http://www.wdhbcareers.com/ quoting reference number WDHB9317 or click the "apply now" button on this page.
Closing Date: 24 January 2020
Position Number: WDHB9317
"We provide care to diverse communities and are committed to achieving health equity and oranga for our Maori and Pacific communities. We are working hard to support and develop a workforce equipped to deliver "brilliant"," compassionate" and "connected" care to the people in our communities. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability, who share and are committed to living our values. If this is you, apply now and join us at Waitemata DHB, where "everyone matters" staff, patients, our community"