Registered Nurse, Ravensview

We are currently seeking Part Time Registered Nurse. This role could be perfect for you if you work best in a team-oriented, dynamic work environment and are willing to adapt throughout the developmental stages of this new start-up facility. This means, we need your creativity, flexibility, collaboration, and passion to help develop and deliver high quality, patient-centered care.

As part of an interdisciplinary team the Registered Nurse provides direct health care services to patients presenting with a wide variety of complex addictions and mental health issues. The nurse performs physical, addiction, and mental status assessments; refers patients to the physician for further examination; and administers prescribed treatments and medications. The nurse also observes, monitors, evaluates, and documents patient progress, symptoms, and behavioral changes, and performs a variety of health care interventions.

The nurse is expected to provide counselling, education, and support to individual patients as well as in a group therapy environment using a motivational and health promotion approach. The nurse works collaboratively with other members of the interdisciplinary team, the patient, families, and the community.

What you'll be doing:

• Implement the principles and practices of a patient and family centered recovery model in mental health and addictions treatment.

• Conduct comprehensive mental health and addiction risk assessments, formulate treatment and discharge plans and provide crisis intervention.

• Perform Detox assessments.

• Communicate and collaborate with patients and families about health findings, diagnosis, treatment, self-care, and prognosis.

• Assess patients daily for care needs and follow up; consult with doctors and clinical team members about patient care.

• Collaborate with patients and other health professionals to identify and assess trends and patterns that have implications for patients, families, and communities.

• Assess and recognize population health trends; ability to plan and implement strategies for population based prevention.

• Analyze and synthesize all available information for the development of an individualized treatment plan in collaboration with patients and families.

• Identify and respond appropriately to legal and ethical issues that may arise in patient care.

• Provide safe and respectful health care planning and direction to maximize patient health and wellbeing.

• Develop and implement evidence-based strategies to improve care and participate in creating and evaluating health care policies.

• Conduct day-to-day care delivery to patients and administer medications Act in the nurse in charge position as required

• Mentor and act as a preceptor for students as required

What we're looking for

• Bachelor or Diploma from an accredited Psychiatric Nursing college or Bachelor of Nursing from an accredited nursing college

• Two (2) years recent related experience in a mental health and/or substance use setting.

• Current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP)

• Current First Aid/CPR Certification for health care providers (Level 1 or greater).

• Comprehensive knowledge of mental disorders, addictions, and concurrent disorders, and the treatment and principles of recovery in mental illness and addictions, including suicide prevention, treatment, and emergency response.

• Comprehensive knowledge of Psychosocial Rehabilitation methodology, chemical dependency, addictions treatment, psychopharmacology (indications and side-effects), and psychotherapeutic and counseling skills.

• Knowledge of evidence-based best practices and issues in the care and treatment of mental disorders, addictions, and concurrent disorders.

• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act as it applies to the rights and obligations of patients.

• Knowledge of community, social, and mental health resources.

• Advanced assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills.

• Ability to effectively manage conflict situations and aggressive behaviour and use non-violent crisis intervention and behavioural management techniques.

As part of our commitment to the health and safety of our…