Mental Health Nurse Educator Casual St Paul's Hospital Advanced Nursing

• PHC multi-site:
  St Paul's Hospital
• LMC multi-site:
• Categories:
  Advanced Nursing
• Max hourly: 63.47 CAD
• Salary grade: L4
• Employment type:
  
  Casual
• Rotation:
  Days
• FTE:
  Casual
• Schedule:
• Union: 202
• Labour agreement: NURS
• Dual RN/RPN (BCNU/HSA) Posting:
  Yes

• Req
• Location:
  
  Vancouver
• Work site:
  St Paul's Hospital
• Primary site:
  St Paul's Hospital - 1081 Burrard St. Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
• PHC multi-site:
  St Paul's Hospital
• LMC multi-site:
• Work model:
  Onsite
• Categories:
  Advanced Nursing
• Min hourly: 49.2 CAD
• Max hourly: 63.47 CAD
• Salary grade: L4
• Employment type:
  
  Casual
• Rotation:
  Days
• FTE:
  Casual
• Schedule:
• Union: 202
• Labour agreement: NURS
• Dual RN/RPN (BCNU/HSA) Posting:
  Yes

Providence Health Care’s Mental Health Program is seeking passionate nurses with a strong background in psych nursing to join our hospital-wide Complex Intervention Response Team (CIRT) and Psychiatric Consult Liaison (CL) service as casuals.

As part of these unique, referral-based teams, you won’t be assigned to just one unit — you’ll support patients and staff across the hospital, ensuring mental health and substance use concerns are addressed alongside medical needs. As a clinical leader and educator, you’ll help build frontline capacity, strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration, and promote best practices in psychiatric care in non-psychiatric settings, ensuring that regardless of where a patient or clinician is, we are ensuring we are delivering the best patient care possible.

CIRT is composed of Nurses, Peer Support Workers, Social Workers, and Psychiatrists, while the CL service is Psychiatrists and Nurse Educators.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Work closely with an interdisciplinary team and collaborate on care planning: Develop and implement care plans with interdisciplinary teams across non-psychiatric units, integrating psychiatric and medical needs.
• Support and empower point-of-care nurses: Act as a clinical resource for bedside nurses, building confidence and capacity to manage patients with mental health concerns.
• Gather patient collateral: Collect key information from patients, families, and records to inform consult recommendations and education strategies.
• Liaise with community teams: Coordinate with community providers to promote continuity of care and support staff education around available resources.
• Triage and prioritize based on acuity: Monitor consult requests and direct educational and clinical support to the most urgent cases.
• Promote best practice and continuous improvement: Integrate evidence-based psychiatric care standards into staff education, quality improvement, and policy updates.

Education, Training, and Experience

• Registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN registrant or in mental health services and extended and intermediate care, registration as a practicing RN or RPN registrant.
• Two (2) years’ recent, related experience in the area of specialty/practice or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to teach, coach, and provide clinical support.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) procedures appropriate for the area of service.
• Ability to identify learning needs and develop educational programs.
• Ability to provide and/or develop resource materials, including educational materials.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of adult education principles.
• Ability to lead a group.
• Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to apply decision making and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to role model conflict resolution strategies.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work independently.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to operate related equipment, including computers.

• Competitive salary: $49.20 - $63.47 CAD per hour, depending on experience
• Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career, offering opportunities for professional development and growth.
• State-of-the-art facilities: The new St. Paul’s Hospital…