Registered Nurse
Core
Registered Nurse supporting guests in recovery from acute mental distress and addiction in a peer-led, community-based service.
Role type
Registered Nurse (Mental Health & Addiction)
Builds
A 12-bed homelike community-based acute care service
Domain
Mental Health & Addiction Services
Deliverable
Physical/clinical work
Required skills
Nursing registration with current practising certificate, Comprehensive or psychiatric scope of practice, Medication support, Risk and safety management planning, Physical health assessments, Goal planning, Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles knowledge
Preferred skills
Lived experience with mental health and/or addiction, Peer allyship
Technologies
Computer programmes for health metric monitoring
Responsibilities
Identify and meet individual health and social care needs, Develop care and support plans, Assist guests to manage distress and reconnect with community services, Conduct physical health assessments and health metric monitoring, Support medication administration, Formulate and implement risk and safety management plans
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC