Registered Nurse-3G Child & Youth Inpatient Mental Health

Original job posting

The Registered Nurse provides direct care to children and youth with complex mental health issues, including crisis management and therapeutic interventions. They are responsible for coordinating services, managing medications, and educating families while contributing to research and quality assurance projects.

Job details

The Registered Nurse (RN) functions as a valuable member working primarily within the CYMHP inpatient service, providing care to children and youth with complex mental health issues. The RN is key in leading patient care, including but not limited to, establishment of effective therapeutic relationships, utilization of developmentally appropriate approaches to care, mental status examination, crisis management, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic interventions, and coordination of services. The RN offers mental health teaching to children, youth and families, demonstrates knowledge of all Ontario legislation that guides mental health care and is responsible for meeting the medical needs of clients, including medication management and education. The RN contributes to new and ongoing research and quality assurance projects. Current Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse Current certification in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Evidence of minimum one (1) year, acute child and youth inpatient mental health experience within the past five (5) years Demonstrated skill in effective crisis management Demonstrated knowledge of child and youth mental health services Demonstrated knowledge of psychopharmacology Demonstrated knowledge in developmental psychology and psychopathology Demonstrated knowledge of the mental health act, substitute decisions act, health care consent act, Personal Health Information Protection Act Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and establish therapeutic relationships with clients and team members Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team Evidence of self-motivation, enthusiasm, and flexibility

What you’ll do

The Registered Nurse provides direct care to children and youth with complex mental health issues, including crisis management and therapeutic interventions. They are responsible for coordinating services, managing medications, and educating families while contributing to research and quality assurance projects.

Requirements

Candidates must hold current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario and possess at least one year of acute child and youth inpatient mental health experience. Certification in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and knowledge of relevant Ontario mental health legislation are also required.

Listed skills

• Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration · Preferred
• Quality assurance · Preferred
• crisis management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Mental health nursing
• Crisis management
• Therapeutic relationships
• Medication management
• Psychopharmacology
• Developmental psychology
• Psychopathology
• Mental health act
• Health care consent act
• Patient care coordination
• Mental status examination
• Multidisciplinary team collaboration
• Non-violent crisis intervention
• Quality assurance
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Therapeutic Interventions
• Self-Motivation
• Research
• Teaching
• Mental Health
• Developmental Psychology
• Community Mental Health Services
• Communication
• Crisis Intervention
• Crisis Management
• Medication Administration
• Mental Status Examination
• Quality Assurance
• Coordinating
• Mental Health Act
• Enthusiasm

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services
• Science & Research
• Inpatient Registered Nurse
• Registered Nurse (General)
• Nursing Professionals
• Registered Nurses