Mental Health Response Clinician – Crisis Team

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🇳🇿 New Zealand – Remote

💵 NZ$47 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✨ Clinician

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Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services//

201 - 500 employees

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Healthcare

Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services is a provider of remote clinical and screening services in New Zealand. The organisation’s website lists telehealth services, screening services and after‑hours services, and provides information about careers, news, privacy and contact details. The site indicates it offers patient-facing remote care and triage options accessible outside standard hours.

📋 Description

• Deliver high-quality mental health telephone triage using the UK triage tool, de-escalation interventions and support planning • Build rapport with service users and whānau and create effective support plans and referrals • Collaborate with Police, Ambulance, crisis teams and frontline partners for seamless handover, communication and outcomes using the ISBAR model • Maintain accurate professional documentation in line with regulatory and organisational standards • Ensure consult documents reach the correct clinical team promptly • Use clinical guidelines, decision-support tools and technology to support safe clinical practice • Act as shift coordinator when required • Provide first-point professional support for people experiencing mental distress and guide callers toward safe next steps

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience working in an acute mental health setting, such as Crisis Team, liaison Psychiatry, Community MH, In-patient Mental Health or Triage team • Registered with the NZ Professional Registration Board and hold a current Annual Practising Certificate • Experience delivering telephone triage and interventions within mental health settings • Experience working with suicide and risk, including effective risk assessment and management • Ideally, DAO experience • Confident and competent using multiple IT systems • Accurate documentation and responsible workload management • Excellent clinical judgement in mental health triage, suicide risk assessment, intervention planning and telephone-based support • Strong communication skills • Strong cultural competence and practical application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and culturally safe practice

🏖️ Benefits

• Work from home • Access exclusive discounts with Boost and Samsung • Purchase up to two extra weeks of leave

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