Clinician jobs in New Zealand
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Mental Health Response Clinician – Crisis Team
Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services//
Posted: 10/19/2026W
Mental Health Response Clinician – Crisis Team
Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services//
Posted: 10/19/2026W
Mental Health Response Clinician – Crisis Team
Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services//
Posted: 10/19/2026W
Mental Health Response Clinician – Crisis Team
Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services//
Posted: 10/16/2026W
Mental Health Response Clinician – Crisis Team
Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services//Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in mental health telephone triage, utilizing clinical guidelines and decision-support tools to ensure safe practice. Strong ability to build rapport with service users and collaborate effectively with various stakeholders while maintaining accurate documentation.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Mental Health Telephone TriageSuicide Risk AssessmentCrisis Intervention PlanningCultural CompetenceRegistered with NZ Professional Registration Board
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- 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
What you’ll need- 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
Comp & perks- Work from home
- Access exclusive discounts with Boost and Samsung
- Purchase up to two extra weeks of leave
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Hard Skills
Telephone TriageRisk AssessmentIntervention PlanningClinical DocumentationDecision-Support ToolsISBAR ModelCrisis ManagementSupport PlanningMental Health GuidelinesDAO Experience
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsBuilding RapportCultural SafetyWorkload ManagementProfessional Support
Tools & Technologies
Multiple IT SystemsClinical GuidelinesDecision-Support Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
Annual Practising Certificate
Industry Keywords
Acute Mental Health SettingCrisis TeamLiaison PsychiatryCommunity Mental HealthIn-Patient Mental HealthTriage TeamTe Tiriti o Waitangi