Mental Health Registered Nurse

Bayshore HealthCare • Petawawa, ON

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About The Position

Bayshore Medical Personnel is actively searching for a highly motivated
Part-Time (1 day/week) Mental Health Registered Nurse with three (3) years of
experience to join our team in Petawawa, Ontario! This is a contract based
position

This is an exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Nurse who is looking for a
day shift opportunity (no nights, no weekends), and who is ready for an exciting
challenge working with an extremely unique and rewarding patient population!

Our
Mental Health Nurses (MHNs) provide Mental Health services to our client in
a primary health care setting where they
are responsible for assessment, nursing
diagnosis, development and implementation of a care plans, crisis
intervention,
and
counseling and life skills programming to the clients in the
clinic.

An important part of this role is to provide counseling services in individual
and/or group therapy sessions using CBT, DVT or motivational interview
techniques. Candidates also need to be skilled in bio-psychosocial assessments
and conducting medication management from inpatient and outpatient perspective.

Requirements

• Registered Nurses or Registered Psychiatric Nurses.
• Registered Nurses must, as a minimum, possess:
• A Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from a recognized college or university with either a certificate in Mental Health Nursing or certification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing from the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA);
• a Registered Nurse license from the provincial or territorial professional college or association in the province of practice
• Certificate of Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider or equivalent such as Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation/Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED) Level C. Annual recertification is required.
• three (3) years of experience

Responsibilities

• assessment
• nursing diagnosis
• development and implementation of care plans
• crisis intervention
• counseling and life skills programming
• provide counseling services in individual and/or group therapy sessions using CBT, DVT or motivational interview techniques
• bio-psychosocial assessments
• conducting medication management from inpatient and outpatient perspective

Benefits

• Enjoy a great work/ life balance with daytime hours Monday to Friday only No nights, no weekends, no on call!
• Paid on an hourly basis
• Medical and Dental benefits available for all employees who work more than 22.5 hours
• Sign-on Bonus!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time