Specialty Nurse - Forensic Prison Team

• Permanent full-time role
• Monday to Friday 40 hours per week
• Regional role

A great opportunity for a Specialty Nurse with mental health experience who enjoys working in a challenging new environment.
Do you want a new direction in mental health nursing that is not in a hospital or the community? Forensic Prison Team could be the right role for you!
Keep your weekends free! Hours of work, Monday-Friday 0800-1630 hours

ABOUT US

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
We are a relatively small team based at Mason Clinic Te Aka Building (1st floor) visiting all prison sites Auckland wide and Northland. You will be based in an Auckland prison

We work in the Northern Regional Corrections Facilities (Auckland/Northland). It’s interesting, every day is different, and you interact with Custody staff, prison Health staff, Police and lawyers on a daily basis who do value your expertise.
As a key member of the Forensic Service, you will be working in the prisons advising on issues related to an offender’s current mental health. This is a different and challenging role to traditional mental health nursing. We provide mental health triage assessments for prisoners referred from Corrections staff/ Health staff and follow up care to a caseload of prisoners with major mental illness. Offenders often have complex mental health needs and the role involves working with these men and women in the custody environment as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
This role requires excellent assessment skills and experience with implementing interventions which enhance prisoners mental health outcomes. The ability to manage relationships with multiple stakeholders would also be an important aspect of the role including general mental health services.
This is an expanded practice nursing role requiring greater autonomous judgment and/or intervention, to meet consumer health needs, including increased access to services and reduced inequities in health provision experienced by clients and whānau experiencing substance use disorders