Casual Mental Health Assistant Alex Hospital

• Join the team providing care to older members of our community 
• Opportunity to learn and further develop your skills
• Older persons' health care experience is required 
• Casual position, working on an as required basis
• Location: Alexandra Hospital

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.

About the Role

As a Mental Health Assistant your role is to work with the team to provide basic nursing care under the supervision and direction of Registered Nurses. This can include working with challenging behaviours. 

As this is a casual position, covering staff leave and periods of peak service demand, it will be important that you have the flexibility and availability to cover a range of shifts, sometimes at short notice.  You'll be required to work across morning, afternoon and night shifts. This includes weekends and school holidays. Some forward planning and rostering will be available when covering planned leave. 

About the Team/Location

The Older Persons’ Mental Health Inpatient Unit, at Alexandra Hospital in Richmond, provides psychiatric and geriatric care for the older members of our community. We aspire to provide high quality inpatient care to patients with acute mental health needs and/or complex age related health conditions. We work in partnership with our patients, their families, the clinical team and community carers and supports to achieve the best possible health outcome for the patient. 

About You

• The successful candidate must be eligible to work in New Zealand or hold a valid NZ visa at the time of applying.

• We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, who has experience in older persons’ health care, and has an affinity with the elderly. It is equally important that you are able to work in a flexible and methodical manner, demonstrate honesty and reliability and use appropriate initiative. 

Qualifications

Required qualifications include:

Essential

• Year 11 NCEA level 1 English (or equivalent)
• Year 11 NCEA level 1 Maths (or equivalent)

Preferred

• NZQA Level 3 Certificate in Health and Wellbeing - Health Assistance Strand (or equivalent)

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities. 

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by 31.12.25. If you have any general questions, please contact the nursing recruiter on Lee.Packer@tewhatuora.govt.nz or for more role specific questions please contact Sarah Allen Charge Nurse Manager Health of the Older Person Inpatient Unit on Sarah.Allen@nmdhb.govt.nz.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.