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RPN
Job ID
OUMHP2201
Position ID
5130-0025
Category
Nursing
Subcategory
Outpatient Mental Health - H5
Department
Outpatient Mental Health - H5
Employment Type
Temporary Part-time
Standard Work Hours
0.00
Number of Position
1
Overview
Registered Practical Nurses possess a defined body of knowledge, clinical skills, procedural skills and professional attitudes, which are directed to effective patient and family-centered care. RPNs apply these competencies to collect and interpret inf ormation, make appropriate nursing clinical decisions, and carry out therapeutic nursing interventions. In collaboration with the Registered Nurse, RPNs apply these competencies within the boundaries of their knowledge, skill and judgment, personal exper tise, the healthcare setting and the patient's preferences. The role is guided by codes of ethics and a commitment to clinical competence, their care is characterized by up-to-date, resource-efficient clinical practice as well as with effective communic ation in partnership with patients and families and other health care providers. Responsible for the provision of comprehensive psychiatric nursing care including holistic assessments of patients and families, individual supportive counseling, group ther apies, psycho-education activities and groups, and administration of long-acting depot medications.
Education
- Registered Practical Nurse with current Certificate of Registration issued by the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Completion of a mental health nursing course from accredited college, or a commitment to attend and complete the education within one year of hire
- Therapeutic and psycho-educational group experience required
-Training with cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy, solution focused therapy an asset
- Experience with long-acting neuroleptic depot medications and clozapine therapy required
Qualifications
- Current mental health experience with a minimum of 3 years of recent experience in an acute care mental health setting, day treatment setting, or outpatient mental health setting required.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to, implement, and evalua te multidisciplinary plans of care
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act
- Sound knowledge of counseling and therapeutic techniques
- Demonstrated ability to implement plan of care including independent and interdependent nursing
functions
-D emonstrated ability to participate in unit quality initiatives and measurements including the collection of workload statistics
-Demonstrated ability to use cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy, and indiv idual supportive counseling
-.Demonstrated ability to plan and co-facilitate therapeutic groups
- Demonstrated motivation to pursue educational goals
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a highly skilled interdisciplinary team
- Demonstratedu nderstanding of accountability based practice
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Good work and attendance record required
- All employees of Michael Garron Hospital (MGH), a division of Toronto East Health Network (TEHN) [formerly To ronto East General Hospital (TEGH)] agree to work within the legislated practices of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of Ontario.
- All employees of MGH are responsible to contribute to a transparent culture of patient and staff safety by adherin g to and abiding by patient and staff safety policies and procedures set by MGH.
- All employees are accountable for protecting the psychological health and safety of themselves and their co-workers through adherence to MGH's policies and practices.
Vaccines (COVID-19 and others) are a requirement of the job unless you have an exemption pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.