Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Inpatient Psychiatry Unit - Burnaby Hospital

Job summary

The Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse provides and coordinates person-centered psychiatric nursing care within an interprofessional team. Responsibilities include performing nursing assessments, crisis intervention, patient education, and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment.

Job details

The Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse provides and coordinates person-centered psychiatric nursing care within an interprofessional team. Responsibilities include performing nursing assessments, crisis intervention, patient education, and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment. Candidates must have graduated from an approved School of Nursing and hold current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). Proficiency in mental health and substance use assessment, psychopharmacology, and effective communication is required.

What you’ll do

The Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse provides and coordinates person-centered psychiatric nursing care within an interprofessional team. Responsibilities include performing nursing assessments, crisis intervention, patient education, and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment.

Requirements

Candidates must have graduated from an approved School of Nursing and hold current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). Proficiency in mental health and substance use assessment, psychopharmacology, and effective communication is required.

Listed skills

• crisis intervention · Preferred
• Group Facilitation · Preferred
• Documentation · Preferred
• Care Planning · Preferred
• Interprofessional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Psychiatric nursing
• Crisis intervention
• Patient assessment
• Mental health treatment
• Substance use treatment
• Psychopharmacology
• Counselling
• Group facilitation
• Care planning
• Patient advocacy
• Interprofessional collaboration
• Clinical leadership
• Documentation
• Health promotion
• Safety practices

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services

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