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Mental Health Registered Nurse (Bilingual)

  • Ottawa, ON
  • On-site
  • Posted Jun 30, 2026
  • 1 position

$52–$55 / hour

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Mid-level · 2+ years
Minimum education
Professional degree
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week

Job summary

Provide mental health services in a primary care setting, including assessments, nursing diagnoses, and the implementation of care plans. Conduct individual and group therapy sessions using CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing techniques.

Job details

IT IS AN HONOR TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED, AND WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY. Hourly Compensation Range: $52-55 Bayshore Medical Personnel is excited to announce a Full-time Contract opportunity for a Bilingual Mental Health Registered Nurse (RN) with three (3) years of experience to join the team in Ottawa, Ontario. We're looking for dedicated professionals to make a meaningful impact in Military Health Services! This is an exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Nurse who is looking for a Monday - Friday career opportunity with day shifts only (no nights, no weekends), and who is ready for an exciting challenge working with an extremely unique and rewarding patient population!!! Our Mental Health Nurses (MHNs) provide Mental Health services to our client in a primary health care setting where they are responsible for assessment, nursing diagnosis, development and implementation of a care plans, crisis intervention, and counseling and life skills programming to the clients in the clinic. An important part of this role is to provide counseling services in individual and/or group therapy sessions using CBT, DVT or motivational interview techniques. Candidates also need to be skilled in bio-psychosocial assessments and conducting medication management from inpatient and outpatient perspective. EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS * All Nurses - Mental Health must be Registered Nurses or Registered Psychiatric Nurses. * Registered Nurses must, as a minimum, possess: * A Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from a recognized college or university with either a certificate in Mental Health Nursing or certification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing from the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA); * A Registered Nurse license from the provincial or territorial professional college or association in the province of practice * Certificate of Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider or equivalent such as Cardio-pulmonary * Resuscitation/Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED) Level C. Annual recertification is required. * Must be able to provide care in both English & French Benefits of working with Bayshore Medical Personnel: * Enjoy a great work/ life balance with daytime hours Monday to Friday only * No nights, no weekends, no on call! * Paid on an hourly basis * Medical and Dental benefits available for all employees who work more than 22.5 hours ** We thank and appreciate all applicants, however, the Recruitment Team will only contact candidates who are moved forward in the recruitment process to discuss. We encourage applicants to monitor their junk/spam email folders as the Recruitment Team will contact applicants via email to schedule an interview.

What you’ll do

Provide mental health services in a primary care setting, including assessments, nursing diagnoses, and the implementation of care plans. Conduct individual and group therapy sessions using CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing techniques.

Requirements

Must be a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with a Baccalaureate degree and a certification in Mental Health Nursing. Requires three years of experience, BLS/CPR certification, and fluency in both English and French.

Benefits

  • Work-life balance
  • Daytime hours
  • Medical benefits
  • Dental benefits

Listed skills

  • Dedicated · Preferred
  • Interviewing · Preferred
  • Recruitment · Preferred
  • crisis intervention · Preferred
  • assessment · Preferred
  • CPR · Preferred
  • Health · Preferred
  • Client · Preferred
  • Development · Preferred
  • email · Preferred
  • Bilingual communication · Preferred
  • English · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

  • Mental Health Nursing
  • Bilingual English and French
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Counseling
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Bio-psychosocial Assessments
  • Medication Management
  • Nursing Diagnosis
  • Care Plan Development
  • Life Skills Programming

Job areas

  • Healthcare
  • Government & Public Sector
  • Social Services

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