Mental Health Registered Nurse

Bayshore HealthCare; Halifax; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daytime hours

No nights or weekends

Paid hourly

Medical and dental benefits

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Bayshore HealthCare in Halifax, NS is hiring a Mental Health Registered Nurse for a full-time, day-shift contract. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in Mental Health within the last 5 years and RN licensure in the province. No nights, no weekends, and a meaningful patient population.

The role focuses on assessment, care planning, crisis intervention, and counseling in a primary care setting, with CBT/DBT and motivational interviewing techniques, plus medication management.

Qualifications

• Nurse must be Registered Nurse with RN licence in province of practice.
• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing with Mental Health Nursing cert or CNA cert.
• RN must hold provincial/territorial nursing licence in practice province.
• BLS for Healthcare Provider certification is required.
• CPR/AED Level C with annual recertification is required.

Responsibilities

• Assess clients and perform nursing diagnoses and care plan development.
• Develop and implement care plans, provide crisis intervention and counseling.
• Offer counseling in individual and group CBT, DBT, or motivational interviewing.
• Oversee medication management from inpatient and outpatient perspectives.

Skills

Counseling

CBT

Crisis intervention

Life skills programming

Patient assessment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Certificate in Mental Health Nursing or CNA certification

RN licence from provincial/territorial college

Certificate of Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider

CPR/AED Level C (annual recertification)

Job description

About the Role

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

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

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.

Responsibilities

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 care plans, crisis intervention, and counseling and life skills programming to the clients in the clinic.

Key duties include providing counseling services in individual and/or group therapy sessions using CBT, DVT or motivational interview techniques; conducting bio‑psychosocial assessments; and medication management from an 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 licence 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

• 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!