Registered Nurse (RN)- Outpatient Adult Mental Health and Crisis

Njoyn; Newmarket; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider seeks a dedicated Registered Nurse to join their dynamic team. This role emphasizes clinical excellence and collaboration, focusing on delivering high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment. The RN will manage the ECT program, offering treatment and education to patients and their caregivers. With a commitment to lifelong learning, the successful candidate will engage with a diverse patient population, utilizing a Recovery-Based model to enhance patient outcomes. If you are passionate about mental health and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Motivated and self-directed with a commitment to quality patient care.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent care to a diverse acute medical patient population.
• Run the ECT program and provide comprehensive clinical interventions.

Skills

Clinical Excellence

Patient Care

Medication Administration

Counseling

Interdisciplinary Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse License

Lifelong Learning Commitment

Tools

Recovery-Based Model

Job description

The Registered Nurse (RN) role models clinical excellence and the core competencies of the practice standards of the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), as well as the policies and procedures of Southlake Regional Health Centre (Southlake). The RN works collaboratively as a member of the health care team. The RN provides direct patient care to patients based on the three-factor framework as outlined in the College of Nurses of Ontario standard, RN and RPN Practice: The Client, Nurse and the Environment. These three factors have an impact on decision making related to care-provider assignment as well as the need for consultation and collaboration among care providers. All nurses make a commitment to lifelong learning.

The successful candidate will be motivated, self-directed and a key member of a dynamic interdisciplinary team with defined roles focused on quality patient care and patient flow. The successful candidate will be responsible to provide excellent care to a diverse acute medical patient population in a fast-paced setting.

The Adult Outpatient Mental Health RN will be responsible to run the ECT program, providing treatment, recovery and education to inpatients, outpatients and their caregivers. In addition, the Adult Outpatient Mental Health RN will be able to provide comprehensive clinical intervention with mental clients diagnosed with a serious mental illness in all clinics within the Adult Outpatient program, including the Schizophrenia clinic, RAPT clinic, Discharge clinic, and Wellness and Recovery program as required. Primarily this will include medication administration and monitoring, teaching and counselling regarding treatment, education around the course and treatment of the illness, psycho-educational group work, and follow-up consultation with physicians, both hospital and in the community. The RN will use a Recovery-Based model which stresses clients' strengths, linkages to the community, and healthy living.