Clinical Security Liaison Nurse, Registered Nurse; RN/Registered Psychiatric Nurse; RPN), Forensic Psychiatric
Job in
Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Listing for:
PHSA
Full Time, Seasonal/Temporary
position
Listed on 2026-01-23
Job specializations:
-
Healthcare
Healthcare Nursing, Nursing Home
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Clinical Security Liaison Nurse, Registered Nurse (RN) / Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN), Forensic Psychiatric
Clinical Security Liaison Nurse - Registered Nurse (RN) / Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) - Maximum and Multi-Level Security Units
BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services
Coquitlam, BC
This
Regular Full-Time
opportunity is with the Access, Transition, and Clinical Risk Management team.
Want to learn more about being an RPN at PHSA? Join the on October 15 at 3 PST, hosted by BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services and BC Children’s Hospital. At this info session, you’ll have the opportunity to connect directly with recruitment advisors and a hiring leader. !
You are a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse who works with compassion and care while practicing trauma-informed care. You’re seeking a meaningful role that provides challenge, variety, and the opportunity to make an impact on others’ lives. As someone who seeking to better your own practice through others, you appreciate your interdisciplinary team members and enjoy collaborating on complex care issues, using trauma informed practice, harm reduction, and Indigenous Cultural Safety.
What is the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital
The Forensic Psychiatric Hospital (FPH) is a 190-bed secure facility located in Coquitlam, on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded core territory of the kwikwəƛ̓əm First Nation (Kwikwetlem). We treat people who have been found not criminally responsible for a crime or unfit to stand trial due to a mental health disorder. We deliver services to patients using the “Clinical Program Model,” which aims to deliver high-quality care to meet the specific needs of patients and is currently the best practice in health care.
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What you’ll do
Facilitate staff learning by acting as a clinical resource and demonstrates expertise and leadership in nursing and clinical practice by methods such as demonstrating patient de-escalation, PVPC, ATR (Code White) and seclusion entry procedures, answering questions related to clinical practice issues, problem solving, troubleshooting concerns and leading clinical and security interventions.Work as an integral member of the interdisciplinary clinical team and provides patient clinical security and risk information and management advice as it relates to the development of risk assessments and treatment plans. Collaborate and assists clinical staff in the development of health outcomes that support patient recovery and therapeutic care. Provide information in the development of behavioural/treatment patient care plans and risk management plans for patients.
Promote the growth and development of an innovative and progressive attitude with a focus on the recovery of the patient while recognizing the need for therapeutic caution.Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to assist, recommend and guide safe seclusion care of patients and staff on FPH units, which includes following the policy and procedure. Collaborate with teams on, and supports colleagues with, patient transition out of seclusion. When requested plans and authorizes patient entry/exit of seclusion.Support members of the interdisciplinary team with clinical decision making regarding patient de-escalation, PVPC, ATR (Code White) and seclusion entry decisions and procedures. Evaluates performance of ATR team post incident by assisting with post incident debriefing with patient and clinical team and providing feedback to ensure care is provided according to program standards and clinical practice guidelines. Leads and coordinates mock PVPC ATR code white drills by guiding staff through refresher scenarios, observing staff performing activities and providing feedback to ensure scenario is completed according to established standards and clinical practice guidelines.Provide critical feedback to leadership team about staff PVPC and ATR competencies, including skill development improvements post incident and post incident investigations. Provide direct follow up with staff to improve patient outcomes.What you bring
Qualifications
Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses & Midwives (BCCNM).Three (3) years' recent, related nursing experience in the designated clinical…
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