Job Description
Position: Registered Practical Nurse
Department: Child & Adolescent Mental Health Unit (CAMHU)
CAMHU is a six bed crisis unit, providing brief admissions to children and adolescents with serious mental health problems. Support is provided by an interdisciplinary team with an emphasis on skills building and community integration.
QUALIFICATIONS
Certification/Experience/Knowledge:
- Current Certificate of Registration ~ College of Nurses of Ontario required
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers (HCP) Certificate required (recent within the last twelve months)
- Current Gentle Persuasive Approach (GPA) Certificate an asset
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years clinical experience working with youth who are experiencing mental health concerns
- Demonstrated ability to complete Mental Status Exams and provision of crisis management required
- Experience in evidence based management of severe and complex child and adolescent disorders
- Experience with suicide safety planning for children, adolescents and their families required
Skills/Abilities:
- Demonstrated ability to provide commitment to family centred care
- Computer skills required (Meditech, Word, Outlook, eDoc)
- Demonstrated excellence in clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills
- Ability to function in a self-directed and self-initiated manner required
- Excellent level of interpersonal skills required
- Excellent level of written and verbal communication skills required
- Ability to meet the physical demands required to provide nursing care to mental health patients required
- Ability to work as a collaborative member of the health team required
- Ability to assume responsibility for patient care in a total patient care climate required
- Must demonstrate commitment to ensure your safety, the safety of fellow workers, patients, volunteers, and visitors
- Must support and contribute to a culture of safety and prevention of adverse health events in this organization
- Good attendance and work record required
- Bilingualism (Advanced level English/French) is required. All unilingual candidates are encouraged to apply and may be considered if the identified French requirement has been met or there are no successful bilingual candidates. A formal French test will be conducted to evaluate the proficiency level.
Pay rate, benefits and other terms and conditions are as per the CUPE 139 Collective Agreement
North Bay Regional Health Centre is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require an accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.
NORTH BAY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER