Health Care Assistant/Mental Health Support Worker
We are looking for a Health Care Assistant or Mental Health Support Worker to join our established and dedicated multidisciplinary team.
Summary about this job
Aged & Disability Support
Company: Capital and Coast District Health Board
Location: Wellington
Work type: Part Time
Salary: n\a
Phone: +64-4-996-7843
Fax: +64-9-946-1224
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Detail information about job Health Care Assistant/Mental Health Support Worker. Terms and conditions vacancy
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Capital and Coast DHB (CCDHB) is located centrally in Wellington and has the equivalent of around 4,300 full time staff, making us a major employer in the Wellington region. We are also the leading provider of a number of specialist services, including neurosurgery, oncology, neonatal intensive care, and specialised mental health services, for the upper South and lower North Islands, a population of about 900,000 people. Our DHB has an annual budget of more than $1 billion, which we use to deliver health services directly and contract external providers to provide care, such as general practices, rest homes and pharmacists.
CCDHB operates two hospitals – Wellington Regional Hospital in Newtown and Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua – as well as the Kapiti Health Centre in Paraparaumu.
Wellington is New Zealand’s capital. It is a “foodies” paradise, cultural art-loving harbour city, and a place you quickly begin to call home. Wellington has been named the best place to live in the world by Deutsche Bank’s 2017 study of 47 cities globally ranked. According to Deutsche Bank, it is also officially the city with the world's highest quality of life and has the least pollution of any city ranked.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Te Whare Ra Uta is the inpatient unit for Mental Health Service Older Persons (MHSOP) within MHAIDS. MHAIDS is the mental health, addictions and intellectual disability service for the Wairarapa, Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast District Health Boards.
Te Whare Ra is a 16 bed unit providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services for individuals with a wide range of mental health challenges. MHSOP primarily serves individuals presenting with recent onset functional illness over the age of 65 and dementia associated with significant behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD).
We are looking for a Health Care Assistant or Mental Health Support Worker to join our established and dedicated multidisciplinary team. You will be working under the delegation of a Registered Nurse and working with individual clients to support them in activities of daily living, assist with observations to support our assessment processes and to ensure routine non clinical tasks are completed as required on a day to day basis.
You will be flexible and willing to work collaboratively as part of a team to provide quality care and assessment to meet identified client needs.
This role is 0.8FTE 4 days a week including morning, afternoon and night shifts.
DUTIES
- Assist with personal cares as directed by Registered Nurse.
- To support/escort clients to outpatient appointments
- Provide observation levels (watches, documented observation level)
- Encourage and take part in structured activities
- To ensure the basic needs of the ward are met, routine non clinical tasks are completed as required and on a day to day basis , client clothing washed and dried.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- 1 years’ experience as a Heath Care Assistant or Mental Health Support Worker
- Level 3 Mental Health Support Worker or prepared to work towards this in the first 12 months
- Interest in working in older persons mental health
- Full drivers licence required
BENEFITS
Capability development is a high priority for CCDHB. Professional development opportunities are a given, as well as the ability to upskill and to take on other roles. People and their skills are highly valued at CCDHB.
Staff benefits include discounts from many companies throughout the region, access to a cost-effective gym including exercise classes and use of two low-cost holiday homes at Taupo.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications will not be accepted via email. All candidates applying for any of our current vacancies must complete an online CCDHB application form by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.
Applications close on 26 July 2018. Please ensure your uploaded CV and cover letter is in either Word or PDF format. For further information on this role, please email [email protected] and please indicate the vacancy number (NM134-18) and job title in the subject line.