Registered Nurse Child Mental Health IP

North York General Hospital; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Ontario is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for their Child Mental Health Inpatient department. The successful candidate will provide excellent patient care, manage mental health conditions, and collaborate with a team to ensure safety and high-quality health standards. A Diploma in Nursing and BCLS certification are required, along with strong counselling skills. This part-time position offers competitive compensation and requires working 12-hour shifts, including weekends.

Benefits

Competitive total compensation package

Opportunity to join the Hospital Pension Plan

Vacation pay

Qualifications

• Registered and in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• 1 year recent psychiatry/mental health experience.
• Bilingualism in French/English an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent patient and family driven care.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of care providers.
• Manage patients with a variety of mental health conditions.

Skills

Excellent counselling skills

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Commitment to professional development

Safety consciousness

Education

Diploma in Nursing

Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification

Psychiatry/mental health nursing certificate course

Tools

MS Word

Patient information systems

Job description

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) – Child Mental Health IP, PT(J0325-0954)

Registered Nurse (RN) – Child Mental Health IP, PT(J)

North York General Hospital

North York ON

$40.24–$57.68/hr, part-time

Position Summary

Registered Nurse, Child Mental Health Inpatient
Your goal in this position is to provide excellent patient and family driven care, in a supportive and culturally sensitive manner. You will do this by collaborating with an interdisciplinary team of care providers, with an emphasis on the assessment, education, prevention, maintenance, and restoration of patient health. You will take on the shared responsibility for ensuring that health and safety policies are followed to provide for a healthy environment for patients, staff, physicians, volunteers and families.

You’re a great relationship, have excellent counselling skills and foster close contacts with peers across the entire organization. You also have great interpersonal skills, and effortlessly connect with physicians, staff, patients, and families. You are competent to manage patients with a variety of mental health conditions. This position supports the hospital’s academic mandate by advancing care through teaching and learning and/or transforming care through research and innovation.

This position contributes to the shared responsibility of ensuring health and safety policies are followed to provide for a healthy environment for patients, staff, physicians, volunteers and families.

Great Registered Nurses are:

• Organized – they embrace the challenge of prioritizing patient care demands in a fast paced environment, and are eager to engage with new challenges every single day
• Great Communicators – they communicate effectively with colleagues, staff, volunteers and families
• Decisive – at the end of the day, they have the ability to make the big decisions, to take ownership of their actions, and use their critical thinking and problem solving skills in the best interests of the patient
• Safety Conscious – they know that keeping everyone safe and healthy is the highest priority, and follow all H&S policies and guidelines
• Committed – they embrace our learning culture and demonstrate ongoing commitment to professional development to enhance their knowledge and skills

On a practical level, you will

• Demonstrate the ability to function to the full scope of nursing practice per the College of Nurse of Ontario
• Communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients/clients, families and other members of the health care team
• Think critically, set priorities and organize work in response to client/patient needs
• Demonstrate knowledge of transfers and lifts
• Be committed to ongoing learning, professional development, and continuous quality improvement
• Have proficient skill level with computers, MS Word, Internet searches, data entry and patient information systems
• Demonstrate evidence of self- motivation regarding continuing education in areas of patient assessment, and patient education.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Nursing, Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing
• Registered and in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification
• 1 year recent psychiatry/mental health experience
• Certificate in crisis management an asset (preferred)
• Psychiatry/mental health nursing certificate course is an asset (preferred)
• Knowledge of or experience in Shared Governance (preferred)
• Adult and/or child & adolescent mental health experience (preferred)
• Bilingualism in French/ English an asset

What We Offer

Working at NYGH means working with a dynamic team of fellow healthcare providers, staff, and volunteers in one of Canada’s leading hospitals.

• This is a Part Time Regular Position with 12 hour shifts, Days and Night shifts, including Weekends in the Child Mental Health Inpatient department

We offer a highly competitive total compensation package which includes pay in lieu of benefits, vacation pay and the opportunity to join the Hospital Pension Plan.

How To Apply

CARE members of the STARS or PASS Program should connect with their Case Manager before applying for this position.