Registered Practical Nurse - Nursing Resource Unit

The Nursing Resource Unit (NRU) at CAMH is an internal staffing team comprised of Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, and Program Assistants, who deliver exceptional client care across all inpatient units at CAMH, in the event of strategically planned and unplanned staff absences. Reporting to the NRU Clinical Manager and Clinical Operations Coordination Leader, the full-time, permanent RPN will be on-boarded and cross-trained to work across all inpatient clinical areas, including acute, forensics, rehab, and specialty areas (i.e., geriatrics, concurrent youth, medical withdrawal, and emergency). You will complete a competency-based orientation and then apply and maintain practice-based competencies throughout all clinical assignments. You will provide high-quality nursing care to patients/clients and families and will engage in ongoing and structured learning throughout the NRU to achieve this goal. As a member of an interprofessional team, you will provide client-centered mental health and addictions, as well as general nursing care. In addition, you will ensure the security and safety of the inpatient unit to which you are assigned, and practice in accordance with professional regulatory standards, CAMH Policies and Professional Practice Model, and the Canadian Standards of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice. Your skills include the ability to make behavioural observations; perform ongoing physical and mental status assessments; monitor the client’s response to pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions; develop, implement and evaluate interprofessional client-centred care plans; and effectively communicate with other team members. You will support and contribute to a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork, and complies with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements. The successful applicant will work a rotating schedule that includes 12-hour days (0730-1930), 12-hour nights (1930-0730), and weekends, at the Queen Street site. 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. To learn more about CAMH, please visit their website at: www.camh.ca. To view our Land Acknowledgment, please click here.

The Registered Practical Nurse will deliver high-quality nursing care across various inpatient units, including acute, forensics, and specialty areas. They will collaborate within an interprofessional team to develop, implement, and evaluate client-centered care plans while ensuring unit safety and security.

Candidates must be members in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario and hold a current B.C.L.S. (CPR) certificate. Preference is given to those with a B.Sc.N and CAN certification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, along with demonstrated experience in managing disturbed behavior.

• Problem solvingPreferred
• CommunicationPreferred

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• Nursing care
• Mental health assessment
• Addictions support
• Interprofessional collaboration
• Behavioural observation
• Physical status assessment
• Mental status assessment
• Pharmacological intervention monitoring
• Care plan development
• Crisis intervention
• Communication
• Organizational skills
• Problem-solving
• Computer literacy
• Clinical documentation
• Courage
• Mental Health
• Strategic Planning
• Certified Associate In Materials Handling
• Geriatrics
• Innovation
• Mental Diseases
• Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing
• Mental Status Examination
• Rehabilitation
• Nursing Care
• Nursing
• Operations
• Social Change
• Coordinating
• Registered Practical Nurse
• Teamwork

• Healthcare
• Social Services
• Registered Practical Nurse
• Registered Nurse (General)
• Nursing Professionals
• Registered Nurses

Minimum education

Professional degree

Minimum experience

0+ years

Apply by

Sep 4, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

36 hours per week