Registered Practical Nurse, Trillium
Overview
As a Registered Practical Nurse, you will be an integral part of a collaborative, inter-disciplinary team focused on delivering seamless services and programs to our clients and customers. If you are looking for a company that is constantly moving forward in pursuit of successful outcomes, get ready to love it here!
This is a temporary full-time position, until Sept 2021.
What you'll be doing
• Provide care to patients admitted in psychiatric crisis requiring short stay admission to in the Intensive Care Unit and the Assessment and Stabilization program
• Contribute to fluctuating patient care needs according to CNO standards, RNAO Best Practice Guidelines, specific program philosophy and diversified patient populations
• Work from nursing care plans established by the primary nurse for each patient
• Administer psychiatric and non-psychiatric medications and treatments
• Provide group facilitation
• Assess and prevent suicide and manage aggressive behaviour through non-violent crisis intervention techniques
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation and reports
• Engage with interdisciplinary teams and individual team members as appropriate
• Act as a preceptor, mentor, coach, or resource nurse as appropriate
• Participate in clinical discussions, team meetings, and patient/family conferences
Qualifications
• Licensed as an RPN with the College of Nurses of Ontario, in good standing
• 2+ years of experience in Mental Health/Acute Assessment/Community Crisis care
• Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act and community health resources
• Current CPR/Basic rescuer certification
• Knowledge of documentation standards (CNO), and privacy legislation (PHIPPA)
• Knowledge of CBT/DBT is an asset
• Experience with group facilitation is an asset
• Ability to effectively manage crisis situations and deal with acutely ill patients
• Current knowledge and experience of assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders, including prevention of suicide and management of aggressive behaviour
• Previous training in boundaries, suicide awareness, and medication administration is an asset
• Ability to work independently and with multi-disciplinary team
• Proficient computer skills, and experience working with a number of systems and software applications
Contact
Please apply through Homewood Health Careers Site:
http://clients.njoyn.com/CL3/xweb/xweb.asp?clid=52109&page=jobdetails&j…