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Nurse 3 (N3) - ACT - Repost
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA)
Winnipeg
On-site
CAD 43,000 - 54,000
Full time
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Job summary
A leading health authority is seeking a dedicated Nurse 3 for community mental health services in Winnipeg. The role involves case management, medication administration, and providing support to individuals with severe mental illnesses. Candidates must have a nursing degree and relevant community experience. This opportunity allows for significant impact on patient care and involves collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Minimum four years related community experience with serious psychiatric disabilities.
- Registered with the College of Nurses of Manitoba.
- Required knowledge of mental health care and treatment.
Responsibilities
- Provide case management services and support to participants.
- Assess, plan, and coordinate treatment for ACT program participants.
- Administer medications and provide crisis on-call services.
Skills
Education
Job description
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Requisition ID: 378594
Position Number: 20075966
Posting End Date: Open Until Filled
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Shared Health
Site: Shared Health - Winnipeg Community
Department / Unit: SH - Assertive Community Treatment
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MNU
Anticipated Start Date: ASAP
FTE: Casual
Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Salary: $43.321, $44.781, $46.308, $47.795, $49.176, $50.682, $52.238, $53.283
Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.
Position Overview
HUB – Flexible ACT - ACT
Shared Health is implementing wrap- around multi-disciplinary community mental health teams for individuals who have severe mental illness. These teams will be composed of the HUB, FACTT and ACT teams. The teams will work with individuals who have a severe mental illness and may have been in hospital for extended periods of time, in a special contract, use a number of services and require regular supports to assist in community living. Individuals do not require a diagnosis of primary psychosis but may have a mental illness diagnosis, behavioral complexity, co-existing medical conditions, cognitive impairment, addictions, be involved with the criminal justice system and do not meet the criteria for other mental health programs or services.
The model is a dual intensity level approach and allows for a coordinated approach of care, less intensive FACTT (with ability to scale up to ACT for a temporary duration of time), and continuously intensive ACT.
The HUB Will Be Responsible For
- the assessment, intake and navigation of individuals that are referred for services.
- the development and oversight of the standardization for FACTT and ACT teams.
- the development eligibility criteria and referral pathways to and from the services, identifying gaps in services and develop solutions.
- data collection, oversight, and analytics.
- consultation and assessment for service strategy planning for client and families
- the assessment and reassessment clients for appropriateness for FACTT and ACT.
FACTT Will Be Responsible For
- case management services in the community.
- has the ability to provide more intensive treatment services for a short period of time when needed by the individual.
Main Function
Under the general supervision of the Team Leader the nursing service coordinator is responsible for providing case management services and supports to participants involved with the Flexible ACT team. They are also responsible for coordinating medical services and medication management for participants.
The nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, development and coordination of treatment, rehabilitation and support services provided to ACT program participants under the clinical supervision of the team leader, psychologist and psychiatrist. The nurse will provide services to individuals using the principles of psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery to guide their practice and function as a clinical member of the multidisciplinary team. The nurse will be responsible for recording, liaise with pharmacy, medication education to clients and family, administer oral medications and long acting. injections in the home or the community that are prescribed by the ACT psychiatrist. The nurse will also provide crisis on call services.
Experience
- Minimum four years related community experience working with people with serious and persistent psychiatric disabilities; combination of institution and community experience will be considered.
- Nursing degree required.
- BScMH, Bsc.PN, BN, RPN, RN.
- Registered with the College of Nurses of Manitoba.
- College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Manitoba.
- Knowledge of:
- Relevant legislated acts including but not limited to Personal Health Information Act, Protection of Persons in Care Act, Mental Health Act, Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS), Principles of Routine Practices (Universal Precautions).
- Regional/site/unit policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines relating to clinical care.
- Working with individuals from diverse cultural, social, and ethnic backgrounds.
- Working knowledge of treatment, rehabilitation and support in mental health.
- Skills in assessing, planning, development and coordination of support services.
- Working knowledge and experience in working with people experiencing addictions.
- Subject to a criminal record check.
- Valid driver’s license and vehicle required.
Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.
Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
- Seniority levelMid-Senior level
- Employment typeFull-time
- Job functionHealth Care Provider
- IndustriesHospitals and Health Care
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