health professionals regulated by the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 people regulated by a health or social service professional body people who interact with Service Users and who are not subjected to regulatory requirements under legislation or by any other means. Staff will require specific skills in communicating with the profoundly hearing impaired, skills and qualifications in New Zealand Sign Language is preferred.. 6. Service Linkages Linkages are not limited to those described in tier one Mental Health and Addiction Services and tier two Adult Mental Health service specifications and include the table below. Service Provider Nature of Accountabilities Linkage Providers of Disability Referral Work with the relevant professionals and Services agencies in the care and support of the Service Liaison User Advice 7. Exclusions Refer to tier one Mental Health and Addiction Services service specification. 8. Quality Requirements The Service must comply with the Provider Quality Standards described in the Operational Policy Framework or, as applicable, Crown Funding Agreement Variations, contracts or service level agreements. 9. Purchase Units and Reporting Requirements 9.1 Purchase Units are defined in the joint DHB and Ministry’s Nationwide Service Framework Purchase Unit Data Dictionary. The following Purchase Units apply to this Service. PU Code PU Description PU Definition PU PU Measure Payment Measure Definition Systems MHA12A Service for A service by senior FTE Full-time equivalent Sector profoundly hearing medical staff to staff member (clinical Services impaired - Senior provide mental or non-clinical) medical staff health assessment, involved in direct treatment therapy delivery of services to and referral services consumers. Exclude for profoundly deaf time that is formally people or support for devoted to profoundly hearing administrative or impaired people to management functions access mental health e.g. half-time assessment, coordination of a treatment and community team. therapy services
health professionals regulated by the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 people regulated by a health or social service professional body people who interact with Service Users and who are not subjected to regulatory requirements under legislation or by any other means. Staff will require specific skills in communicating with the profoundly hearing impaired, skills and qualifications in New Zealand Sign Language is preferred.. 6. Service Linkages Linkages are not limited to those described in tier one Mental Health and Addiction Services and tier two Adult Mental Health service specifications and include the table below. Service Provider Nature of Linkage Accountabilities Providers of Disability Services Referral Liaison Advice Work with the relevant professionals and agencies in the care and support of the Service User 7. Exclusions Refer to tier one Mental Health and Addiction Services service specification. 8. Quality Requirements The Service must comply with the Provider Quality Standards described in the Operational Policy Framework or, as applicable, Crown Funding Agreement Variations, contracts or service level agreements. 9. Purchase Units and Reporting Requirements 9.1 Purchase Units are defined in the joint DHB and Ministry’s Nationwide Service Framework Purchase Unit Data Dictionary. The following Purchase Units apply to this Service. PU Code PU Description PU Definition PU Measure PU Measure Definition Payment Systems MHA12A Service for profoundly hearing impaired - Senior medical staff A service by senior medical staff to provide mental health assessment, treatment therapy and referral services for profoundly deaf people or support for profoundly hearing impaired people to access mental health assessment, treatment and therapy services FTE Full-time equivalent staff member (clinical or non-clinical) involved in direct delivery of services to consumers. Exclude time that is formally devoted to administrative or management functions e.g. half-time coordination of a community team. Sector Services
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