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About The Position

Requirements

• Baccalaureate Degree or Diploma in Nursing; Waiting to write and/or receive NCLEX results (primary proof of credentials will be required during the hiring process i.e. original degree/diploma or official transcript)
• Registered Nurse (RN) in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO); or has applied to the CNO for a temporary licence
• Current, satisfactory Police Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC)
• Access to a vehicle required for personal transportation
• Ontario G Driver’s Licence
• Demonstrated ability to attend work regularly

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual both official languages, preferred; préférence sera accordée aux candidats qui sont compétents dans les deux langues officielles du Canada
• Experience working with clients with addictions and serious mental illness
• Knowledge of community resources in the Thames Valley region
• Knowledge of a range of crisis prevention and intervention approaches including: crisis prevention strategies, crisis planning, crisis intervention, risk assessment, relapse prevention strategies, crisis services and hospital services

Responsibilities

• Conducts physical and psychiatric assessments and makes appropriate referrals to community physicians and resources
• Engages in direct care, mentoring, education, consultation
• Assesses medication effectiveness, complications and side effects
• Arranges and follows up with required lab work
• Provides symptom education to enable participants to identify their mental illness symptoms
• Coordinates mental health and psycho-social service
• Identifies, develops, and maintains strong links with a wide range of community partners/resources
• Coordinates and administers Depot Injections to participants
• Develop and facilitate groups
• Assists clients in making informed choices about health measures such as medications, immunization, palliative care, birth control, disease management, etc.
• Provides health teaching by giving feedback, explanations and rationale for diagnostic tests, procedures and treatments
• Provides teaching and research, as required
• Assists clients in taking responsibility for and managing their health needs according to available resources and personal skills
• Identifies and seeks to address the root causes of illness and disease
• Assists clients in making healthier choices.
• Establishes strong links to the inpatient team at LHSC for referrals to outreach injection program
• Collaborates with community agencies to maintain coordination in the treatment process
• Advocates for clients to obtain psychiatrists, family doctors, dentists, etc.
• Identifies individual care requirements by establishing personal rapport with clients and with other persons in a position to understand care requirements
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and care providers’ philosophies and standards of care set out by the College of Nurses standards and other governing agency regulations
• Protects clients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
• Maintains continuity among nursing team by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory which may include checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needs supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results
• Assist residents to maintain good personal hygiene which may include but is not limited to bathing, dressing and continence care.
• Assist residents with elimination and toileting
• Supporting individuals with transfers and personal care.

Benefits

• Starting rate for this role is $32.13 per hour (Level 1 – RN/OT), Successful external applicants will start at Level 1, with grid progression based on seniority up to Level 8 ($41.41 per hour); for internal applicants, grid level placement will occur as per the Collective Agreement
• 70 hours over two-week period; Monday to Friday, 8:30am-3:30pm
• Immediate enrollment in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• After a 90-day waiting period, will be enrolled in the extended healthcare benefits plan