POSITION DESCRIPTION
Position details:
Title:Community Mental Health Nurse–Care and Recovery
Reports to:CMHC Manager
Community Mental Health Service Descriptor
Community Mental Health Centre provides a range of mental health assessment, treatment and support services to adult residents in the ADHB area (Auckland City). Provide specialist assessment for individuals with an existing or suspected mental illness, with associated risk and/or impairment The Community Mental Health Centre(CMHC) service is recovery focussed, multidisciplinary in approach and offers a broad range of evidence based support options and/or interventions
Purpose of position:
To meet the needs of service users and their family/whanau using contemporary nursing care which is safe, appropriate and effective. The care is based on comprehensive assessment, ensures continuity, and service user centred, culturally sensitive and evidence-based.
Professional responsibility:
Practices within the Registered Nurse scope of practice. Practices in accordance with legal, ethical, cultural safety and professional standards. Maintains and develops own clinical expertise and knowledge in specialty nursing practice. Effectively supervises, directs and delegates to nursing students. Fosters inquiry and critical thinking amongst colleagues to advance nursing practice and service user care. Participates in peer review/feedback. Pro-actively participates in own performance development and review. Attends educational opportunities relevant to CMHN role and scope of practice. Fosters the implementation of organisational and nursing goals and values. Promotes ADHB as a centre of excellence. Effectively demonstrates competency of the Practitioner level requirement of the Ministry of Health’s 2008, Lets get real workforce development framework.