Registered Nurse - Ward 9c (Acute Psychiatry)

at  Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Waikato

Wakari Hospital (Dunedin)

• Salary band - $35.20 - $49.67 per hour and 8% holiday pay
• Casual ‘as and when required’
• Flexibility
• Join us as we change the future of healthcare in Southern NZ

MŌ MĀTOU - ABOUT US

Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region. We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community.

Ward 9C is a busy open 16 bed inpatient facility comprising of 2 acute youth beds and 14 acute adult beds with dedicated staff providing 24 hour care. The service caters to clients who have been assessed as requiring a period of increased assessment, investigations and/or interventions that cannot be safely provided for in the community.
Admissions come via Community Mental Health Teams or the Emergency Psychiatric Service, and cover of all the major psychiatric diagnoses. Optimise care for patients with the full range of general adult mental health disorders, including youth, mothers and babies, and eating disorders.
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