- Current registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Current Heart & Stroke approved Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required at time of hire
- CPI certification required
- Psychiatric nursing certification in progress required
- 1 year minimum acute adult mental health experience required
- Must possess a strong understanding of psychopharmacology
- Must possess a strong knowledge of psychiatric nursing, addiction issues and risk assessments
- Must possess good assessment and crisis intervention, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to perform well in stressful situations and problem solve.
- Good team player
- Satisfactory employment and attendance record
- Must be physically able to do the job, which involves heavy lifting and intensive physical effort
Registered Practical Nurse - Oakville, Canada - Halton Healthcare
Description
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CUPE
Position: Registered Practical Nurse
Department: Mental Health Unit 2
Status: Permanent Part-time (must provide availability of up to 0.6 FTE)
Hours: Various rotating 12 hour shifts - Days & Nights; - and - (Hours subject to change based on operational requirements)
Site : Oakville
Halton Healthcare's vision of Exemplary patient experiences, always, goes beyond just the patient experience; it has shaped our entire culture and remains at the core of every interaction in our organization, from our patients & families to our staff, physicians and volunteers. We believe in exemplary PEOPLE experiences always
At Halton Healthcare you will thrive in a healthcare culture and environment that embraces inclusion, diversity and belonging with 'exemplary patient care, always' at the heart of everything we do.
We empower our people to be the very best they can be so they can make a difference for our patients and the communities we serve.
Halton Healthcare takes great pride in providing quality, compassionate healthcare services to our rapidly growing communities. As a progressive and vibrant healthcare organization, we are committed to being an innovative center of excellence in community hospital care.
This is what you'll be doing:
The successful candidate will provide Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing care to adult inpatient Psychiatry patients in a new 36 bed unit. The model of care is Primary Nursing, where the RPN will function as Primary and Associate Nurse for a small group of patients to provide continuous care from admission to discharge, and subsequent admissions. This includes optimizing the RPN scope of Nursing Practice to include medication administration. Responsible for delivering patient care to individuals who are depressed, suicidal, psychotic and/or have severe personality and behavioural disorders.
Your skills include the ability to make behavioral observations, mental status and physical assessments, monitoring patient's response to pharmaceutical care interventions, documentation and ongoing communication with other team members and charge nurses
This is what you'll need to do it :
Halton Healthcare endeavors to hire individuals who are competent in their chosen profession and who exemplify our mission, vision and values of accountability, respect and compassion which guide our individual behaviours and attitudes.
The ideal candidate is strong in patient centered care in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment and should be ready to drive change and innovation. We require a person with good communication skills with a clear patient focus with the ability to manage execution and to foster teamwork and cooperation.
Salary : $33. to $35. per hour
Date Refreshed: March 18,
Internal Applicants Need not reapply