Registered Nurse - Mental Health
Ontario, Canada
In-Person Contract Assignments. You Decide Which Positions /Locations You Accept.
After-Hours and Weekends Paid At Automatic Premium
Multiple Positions
What You Will Be Doing:
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Providing nursing care to individuals with mental illness, concurrent disorders, and complex presentations
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Crisis assessment and de-escalation in institutional and community settings
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Supporting care coordination between facility staff, mental health providers, and the external community services
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Navigating consent under the Health Care Consent Act — working with patients who may lack capacity
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Maintaining clinical documentation in compliance with PHIPA
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Health promotion and patient education for individuals with mental health conditions
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Collaboration with correctional officers, youth workers, school staff, and community providers, as applicable to the setting
Must-Haves:
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CNO registered, in good standing
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Minimum 7 years RN experience
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Inpatient psychiatric, community mental health, or crisis intervention experience
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Working knowledge of HCCA (Health Care Consent Act) — you have navigated consent with patients lacking capacity
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PHIPA knowledge — you handle personal health information in compliance with Ontario privacy law
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Experience with involuntary or non-voluntary patients
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Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing — RN diploma or BScN
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Current BLS / BCLS certification
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Legal right to work in Canada
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Available for in-person assignments — this is not remote work
Preferred:
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CRPN designation (Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing)
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ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
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NVCI (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention) training
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Experience with Indigenous populations or Indigenous cultural safety training
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ACT team (Assertive Community Treatment) or crisis response team background
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Experience with homeless, street-involved, or marginalized populations
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Experience at: CAMH (Toronto), Royal Ottawa, Ontario Shores (Whitby), Waypoint Center, Brockville Mental Health Center
