RN/RPN, CRESST - Fraser East

Salary

• The salary range is CAD $41.42–$59.52 per hour.

Role overview

Care and coordination

• Stabilize clients using supportive counselling, therapeutic interventions and a safe, supportive environment; screen potential admissions against program criteria.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care, including physical, psychosocial and mental-status assessment, monitoring, psychoeducation and planned interventions.
• Complete admission interviews and document client history, status and safety risks; maintain care plans, charts, kardex and medication administration records.
• Coordinate care and communicate with program leadership, psychiatrists, therapists, case managers, physicians, pharmacies and other agencies.
• Arrange hospital admission or medical appointments when required, including emergency transfers and related records.
• Educate and counsel clients and families about coping, life skills, illness and medications; support discharge planning and community connections.
• Follow prescriber orders, consult on treatment, promote client safety, report incidents and relay relevant information to the next shift.
• Prioritize and delegate work to care aides and support staff, and arrange staff coverage under established guidelines.

Education and experience

• Graduate from an approved nursing program and hold current practicing RN and/or RPN registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives.
• Have one year of recent related mental health and substance use experience in an acute, sub-acute or community setting, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Hold Standard First Aid and CPR Level C or equivalent, and a valid Class 5 BC driver’s licence with access to an appropriately insured personal vehicle.

Skills and abilities

• Assess mental health and substance use needs and provide appropriate nursing care and technical, therapeutic and safety interventions.
• Apply crisis intervention, de-escalation and suicide-risk assessment knowledge; understand mental illness, substance use treatment and psychopharmacology.
• Use counselling, group facilitation, communication, client and family education, organization, prioritization and interprofessional collaboration skills.
• Use evidence-informed practice, related equipment and computer applications, and physically perform the duties of the position.