Mental Health Registered Nurse

Bayshore Medical Personnel; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Daytime hours Monday to Friday

Job summary

Bayshore Medical Personnel in Edmonton, AB, is seeking a full-time Mental Health Registered Nurse with three years of recent mental health experience. The nurse will conduct assessments, develop and implement care plans, provide crisis intervention and counseling within a military health services setting. The role emphasizes CBT and motivational interviewing, with emphasis on life skills support.

Qualifications

• All Nurses - Mental Health must be Registered Nurses.
• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing with Mental Health Nursing certification.
• RN license from the province/territory.
• BLS for Healthcare Provider or equivalent.
• CPR/AED Level C certification, annual recertification.

Responsibilities

• Assess clients and formulate nursing diagnoses.
• Develop and implement care plans and crisis interventions.
• Provide counseling and life-skills programming in clinic.
• Provide individual and group therapy using CBT, brief motivational interviewing techniques.
• Perform bio-psychosocial assessments and medication management from inpatient/outpatient perspectives.

Skills

Counseling skills

Crisis intervention

Medication management

Education

Nursing degree (RN)

Mental Health Nursing certification (CNA)

RN license in province/territory

BLS for Healthcare Provider

CPR/AED Level C

Job description

IT IS AN HONOR TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED, AND WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.

Hourly Compensation: $60

Bayshore Medical Personnel is excited to announce a Full-Time contract opportunity for a Mental Health Registered Nurse to join our team in Edmonton, AB! We're looking for dedicated professionals to make a meaningful impact in Military Health Services, with three (3) years of experience in Mental Health in the last (five) 5 years.

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!

OurMental Health Nurses (MHNs) provide Mental Health services to our client in a primary health care setting where theyare responsible for assessment, nursing diagnosis, development and implementation of a care plans, crisis intervention,andcounseling 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.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

• All Nurses - Mental Health must be Registered 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.

Benefits of working with Bayshore Medical Personnel:

• Enjoy a great work/ life balance with daytime hoursMonday to Fridayonly
• No nights, no weekends, no on call!
• Paid on an hourly basis
• Medical and Dental benefits available for all employees who work more than22.5 hours
• Sign-on Bonus!

** We thank and appreciate all applicants, however, the Recruitment Team will only contact candidates who are moved forward in the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to monitor their junk/spam email folders as the Recruitment Team will contact applicants via email to schedule an interview.