Registered Practical Nurse- Women’s Secure Forensic Unit & Secure Observation and Treatment Unit

CAMH • Toronto, ON

2d • CA$32 - CA$38 • Onsite

About The Position

The Complex Care and Recovery Program is currently seeking two (2) part-time, permanent Registered Practical Nurses to work in the Women’s Secure Forensic Unit (WSFU) & Secure Observation and Treatment Unit (SOTU). As a member of a diverse inter-professional team, you will provide client-centered psychiatric and general nursing care and ensure security, safety and the CNO standards of nursing practice are maintained. Using a primary nursing model, you will collaborate with the primary nurse to perform assessments, develop, implement and evaluate the interdisciplinary plan of client care for clients who may or may not be under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Review Board (ORB). You will liaise with other services in the LAMH Program and community agencies to coordinate care for clients. You will be able to work with clients from diverse populations; contribute to program development and provide educational support to students. You will participate in the preparation of ORB reports and implement the unit’s risk management processes. Your skills include the ability to make behavioral observations, mental status assessments, monitoring patient’s response to pharmaceutical care interventions, documentation and ongoing communication with other team members and charge nurses. You will have sound knowledge of crisis intervention, addiction issues, forensic psychiatry, risk assessments, and severe and persistent mental illness. Your strengths include an ability to perform assessments and develop, implement and evaluate interdisciplinary client centered care plans. You will support a workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable standards and requirements. This position involves shift rotation and weekend work and is located at the Queen Street Site.

Requirements

• Registered in good standing as a Registered Practical Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Possess a current B.C.L.S. (CPR).
• Medication administration certification.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills enabling you to develop the Nurse-Client relationship and work within a collaborative and diverse inter-professional team.
• Experience in psychiatric and forensic risk assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to intervene effectively in clinical situations requiring the management of disturbed behaviour.
• Psychiatric nursing experience with individuals with mental illness and/or addictions is required.
• Self-directed team player who is highly organized.
• Communication and interpersonal skills that enable them to work within an inter-professional collaborative team environment.
• Experience working with individuals from diverse ethno cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds is also required.
• Computer literacy is required.

Nice To Haves

• Possess a strong knowledge of psychiatric nursing and addiction issues.
• Bilingualism (French/English) and/or proficiency in a second language are considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide client-centered psychiatric and general nursing care.
• Ensure security, safety and CNO standards of nursing practice are maintained.
• Collaborate with the primary nurse to perform assessments, develop, implement and evaluate the interdisciplinary plan of client care.
• Liaise with other services in the LAMH Program and community agencies to coordinate care for clients.
• Work with clients from diverse populations.
• Contribute to program development.
• Provide educational support to students.
• Participate in the preparation of ORB reports.
• Implement the unit’s risk management processes.
• Make behavioral observations.
• Perform mental status assessments.
• Monitor patient’s response to pharmaceutical care interventions.
• Perform documentation and ongoing communication with other team members and charge nurses.
• Support a workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable standards and requirements.

Benefits

• Support teaching, research, and clinical care across the hospital.
• Commitment to foster a workplace, teaching, and learning environment that is inclusive, respectful, and free from discrimination or harassment.
• Encourages applications from candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples; Black and other racialized communities; LGBTQ2S+ communities; women; and people with disabilities, including those with lived experience of mental health and substance use challenges.
• Accommodations during the application or recruitment process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree