Registered Mental Health Nurse - Hutt Valley Community Mental Health Team
Location: Hutt North Community Mental Health team base located in central Upper Hutt
Contract: Permanent Full Time ( 1 FTE) – 40 hours per week 8am – 4.30pm
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced Registered Community Mental Health Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team based in the heart of Upper Hutt. This is an opportunity to work alongside tāngata whaiora and whānau in the community, building meaningful therapeutic relationships and providing safe, compassionate, culturally responsive and evidence-based care.
You’ll provide comprehensive assessment, care planning, clinical interventions and ongoing support, working collaboratively with tāngata whaiora, whānau, colleagues and other services to promote recovery and wellbeing.
Our approach is:
- Grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and culturally safe practice
- Person- and whānau-led, ensuring people are heard and involved in their care
- Strengths-based, trauma-informed and recovery-focused
- Focused on least restrictive care and meaningful outcomes
- Informed by lived experience, evidence-based practice and holistic interventions
- Committed to timely access to community-based support
You’ll also have opportunities to contribute to quality improvement, clinical excellence and patient safety, while continuing to develop your own clinical practice.
About the Team/Service/ Location
Based in CBD Tower in central Upper Hutt, our Hutt North team is diverse, welcoming and genuinely supportive. We value the different strengths, cultures, experiences and specialist knowledge that each team member brings. We believe looking after ourselves and each other is essential to providing great care. Humour, compassion, self-care and teamwork are valued alongside clinical excellence.
If you’re looking for a team where your clinical expertise is valued, your ideas are welcomed and your wellbeing matters, we’d love to hear from you.
About you
You’ll be an experienced Registered Nurse with:
- Current New Zealand Annual Practising Certificate
- Relevant postgraduate mental health qualification
- At least 3 years’ mental health experience (not essential), ideally in community mental health and addiction
- Strong clinical assessment, therapeutic and communication skills
- A commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, cultural safety and equitable outcomes for Māori and whānau
- A recovery-focused, collaborative approach
- Commitment to professional development and reflective practice
- A full New Zealand driver licence
- Ability to complete and consent to a full Police Vetting and Misconduct Check
If you’re passionate about community mental health and want to make a meaningful difference alongside a team that supports one another, this could be the opportunity for you.
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We are dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
How to Apply
To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advertisement.
Permanent/Full Time
Job no: MHN056-26
Location: Upper Hutt
Closing Date: Tuesday, 29 September 2026