• Be supported to grow and lead.
• Shape this acute service by leveraging your strengths and passion.
• Generous salary, career development and many other benefits

We’re on the lookout for a Registered Clinician (RN, SW or OT) to take the reins to lead and manage our Brooklyn Crisis Respite service in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington. Are you a compassionate, inspiring leader who’s ready to respond to tānagta whai ora and their whānau when they most need support?

Mō mātou | Pathways
As a leading mental health and addiction service provider in Aotearoa, we are proud to support people to live full lives within their communities; hopeful and connected to what matters to them.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What we offer.

• Be part of an exceptional and supportive leadership team in the Central region!
• Work for a dynamic organisation that values lived experience, evidence-based practice, tikanga and mātauranga
• Be part of the clinical workforce developing solutions in local communities
• Generous salary and continual professional development opportunities
• Great leave entitlements including, additional wellbeing days, subsides for school holiday programmes, income protection, discounts and offers from a range of organisations and a HealthNow payment card ($250 per year to support Health and Wellbeing for you and your whānau.

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity within our modern Acute Crisis Respite service, an alternative environment focused on wellbeing and connection. Our ‘Whatever it takes’ attitude encourages support staff to co-create a peaceful and reflective journey with our guests in an inviting and stylish home-like setting.

As a registered health professional, Registered Nurse, Social Worker or an Occupational therapist with frontline management experience, you will manage our Brooklyn service, which provides 24/7 crisis respite care for up to six adults experiencing mental health distress that prevents them from staying in their home environment. This setting offers short-term crisis respite support, working alongside clinical teams and GPs.

The ideal Team Coach for this service will possess excellent risk assessment skills, knowledge of mental health diagnoses and treatment options, strong relationship skills with stakeholders, and the ability to lead and manage our dedicated kaimahi. This is an opportunity to shape this peer-influenced service by leveraging your strengths and passion in an acute setting.
As one of our valued frontline leaders, you will be fully supported by our exceptional leadership team in the Central region to grow and flourish

You’ll also: 
Be part of a leadership team, attend regular meetings and Team Coach professional development session
Contribute to a National rostered after-hours service on a rotating basis. 
This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm. Additionally, you will be supported to be part of a rotating after hours on-call roster.  

Responsibilities include:

• Developing meaningful and collaborative partnerships
• Being an exemplary Tangata Tiriti partner
• Working alongside primary and secondary care services, and the wider community to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Fostering strong relationships in your community and be a good neighbour
• Providing regular coaching, leading, and inspiring a passionate team
• Living your values at work and making a difference in your community

Mōu | You
You will have:  

• A current New Zealand registration in Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy
• Clinical experience working in mental health and addiction.
• A current full New Zealand driver’s license
• Lived experience or a strong understanding or peer principles.
• A demonstrated ability a cultural competence in working with Māori and understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• Proven leadership experience
• A current New Zealand first aid certificate or be prepared to obtain one.

Nau mai, haere mai! Apply now. We’d love to hear from you.

Rā Katinga | Applications Close: 20 April 2025 Please note that the job may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found. 

Position Description: Please copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PW-Team-Coach.pdf

Whakapa| Contact:  Kristen Clarke on 0273358624 for any queries. 

For further information, visit our website www.pathways.co.nz

Pathways is committed to healthy lifestyles and actively supports a smoke free environment. We encourage people with lived experience of mental illness & addictions to apply.