Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Community Mental Health & Substance Use Services - Developmental Disabilities, Adult

Job summary

The Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse coordinates and provides person-centered care for individuals with mental illness and concurrent disorders within an interdisciplinary team. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, administering medications, and providing crisis intervention and counseling.

Job details

The Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse coordinates and provides person-centered care for individuals with mental illness and concurrent disorders within an interdisciplinary team. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, administering medications, and providing crisis intervention and counseling. Candidates must be graduates of an approved School of Nursing or Psychiatric Nursing and hold current practicing registration with the BCCNM. A minimum of two years of recent related experience in mental health or concurrent disorders is required.

What you’ll do

The Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse coordinates and provides person-centered care for individuals with mental illness and concurrent disorders within an interdisciplinary team. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, administering medications, and providing crisis intervention and counseling.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an approved School of Nursing or Psychiatric Nursing and hold current practicing registration with the BCCNM. A minimum of two years of recent related experience in mental health or concurrent disorders is required.

Listed skills

• crisis intervention · Preferred
• Group Facilitation · Preferred
• interdisciplinary collaboration · Preferred
• case management · Preferred
• Documentation · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Mental health assessment
• Substance use treatment
• Crisis intervention
• Nursing care planning
• Medication administration
• Motivational interviewing
• Case management
• Psychosocial assessment
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Patient advocacy
• Psychopharmacology
• Group facilitation
• Documentation
• Trauma-informed care
• Patient education

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services

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