Registered Practical Nurse - Forensic Assessment and Triage Unit

CAMH; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

CAMH is seeking a part-time Registered Practical Nurse for the Forensic Assessment Unit, focusing on providing psychiatric and general nursing care while ensuring client safety. The role involves assessments, care plan development, and collaboration with interprofessional teams to support clients with mental health and addiction issues under legal constraints.

Qualifications

• Registered in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in psychiatric nursing and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide client-centered nursing care and perform client assessments.
• Liaise with various services to coordinate care for clients.
• Participate in program development and contribute to educational activities.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Crisis intervention

Behavioral observations

Education

Registered Practical Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario

Medication administration certification

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Registered Practical Nurse - Forensic Assessment and Triage Unit

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Job Description

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence , CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan : Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.

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The Complex Care and Recovery Program is currently seeking a part-time, permanent Registered Practical Nurse to work in the Forensic Assessment Unit at the Queen Street Site. As a member of the interprofessional team, you will provide client-centered, recovery oriented, psychiatric and general nursing care, practice in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario standards of practice, CAMH policies and the CAMH Practice Model of Care, and ensure the security and safety of the client care environment. Working within a primary nursing model, you will be expected to perform assessments, develop, implement and evaluate interprofessional plans of client care for clients from diverse backgrounds who may be suffering from mental health and addiction problems and who are detained under the Criminal Code or under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Review Board (ORB). You will liaise with other services in the Complex Mental Illness Program and community agencies to coordinate care for clients. The Registered Practical Nurses will be responsible for contributing to program development, and providing education, support and supervision to students. You will participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of risk management plans and contribute to the assessment of client’s fitness for trial. You will ensure compliance with the ORB disposition or court orders. You will be expected to participate in the preparation of ORB and Court reports. You will support and contribute to a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable and regulatory requirements. This position involves shift rotation (days and nights) and weekend work, and is located at the Queen Street Site.

Job Requirements

You must be registered in good standing as a Registered Practical Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario and possess a current B.C.L.S. (CPR). You must have medication administration certification. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills enabling you to develop the Nurse-Client relationship and work within a collaborative and diverse interprofessional team. Your skills include the ability to make behavioral observations, mental status assessments, monitoring client’s response to pharmaceutical care interventions, documentation and ongoing communication with other team members and charge nurses. You will have sound knowledge of crisis intervention, addictions issues, psychosocial rehabilitation, the recovery model, forensic psychiatry, risk assessments, and severe and persistent mental illness. You will demonstrate an understanding of the forensic legal and health care systems and how to develop and implement forensic risk assessment plans. Preference will be given to candidates who possess a strong knowledge of psychiatric nursing, addiction issues and risk assessments. You have demonstrated ability to intervene effectively in clinical situations requiring the management of disturbed behaviour. You will be a self-directed team player who is highly organized and has the communication and interpersonal skills that enable them to work within an interprofessional collaborative team environment. Experience working with individuals from diverse ethno cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds is also required. Computer literacy is required. Bilingualism (French / English) and / or proficiency in a second language would be an asset.

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