Nurse B - Addictions
HealthCareersInSask.ca•Saskatoon, SK
•$42 - $52
About The Position
As a member of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Community Mental Health Nurse is an integral member of the multidisciplinary team providing intensive case management to individuals with chronic and persistent mental illness. These services are provided within an individual and group context. Responsibilities include intensive case management, medication management, crisis intervention, counselling, goal planning, consultation to community agencies, group/community education, student mentoring, documentation, client/family and public education, advocacy, and mental health promotion.
Requirements
- 1 year experience in a mental health setting.
- Three (3) years nursing experience
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
- Nursing diploma is acceptable
- Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
- Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
- Registered/eligible to be registered with RPNAS (Reg Psych Nurses Assoc of Sask)
- Decision making skills
- Advanced - Demonstrates word processing skills using Microsoft Office programs
- Critical thinking skills
- Ability to treat patients with compassion and empathy
- Knowledge in methadone/methadone assisted recovery
- Knowledge of Motivational Interviewing/Assessment
- Knowledge in Mental Health nursing processes and appropriate interventions
- Knowledge in harm reduction in Addictions Medicine
- Knowledge in drugs of abuse and their effects
- Advanced knowledge of drug abuse and their effects during use and withdrawal
- Knowledge in mental health and addictions and concurrent medical conditions
- Demonstrates empathy, trust and respect in the provision of care
- Knowledge in Provincial Addiction Clinical Model and DSM-4R
- Knowledge Transtheoretical Model of Change
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Services Act
- Demonstrated high degree of accuracy is required of assigned responsibility
- Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Responsibilities
- Intensive case management
- Medication management
- Crisis intervention
- Counselling
- Goal planning
- Consultation to community agencies
- Group/community education
- Student mentoring
- Documentation
- Client/family and public education
- Advocacy
- Mental health promotion
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Job Type
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