Job Description
Location
Wellington Regional Hospital
Contract
Permanent, Full time & Part time, (0.7-1 FTE) Monday to Friday
About the Role
The role of the Speciality Clinical Nurse for the MHAIDS ED team is based in the Wellington Emergency Department and provides rapid assessments for all people including current mental health service users who present to the Emergency Department with a mental health problem. The primary function will be to triage assessment and formulate current needs and issues, develop a crisis response plan and, where indicated, provide immediate mental health intervention and/or facilitate access to MHAIDS services or other relevant services in the community. The Speciality Clinical Nurse will determine those who need to be seen urgently while being able to safely defer less urgent referrals to non‑crisis parts of the mental health and addiction services or primary health services.
About the Team
The MHAIDS Emergen...
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