Salary Details: The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42/Hr. - CAD $55.91/Hr. Job Summary:

COME WORK AS A EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON NURSE AT SECHELT HOSPITAL WITH VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for Mental Health Liaison Nurse to join the In-Patient Psychiatry team at Sechelt Hospital in Sechelt, BC. Apply today to join our team!

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
• Three (3) years’ recent related experience providing treatment services to individuals within the designated client population with mental health and substance use presentations or an equivalent combination of training, education, and experience.
• Valid BC Driver’s License. Local area travel will require the use of a personal vehicle.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Demonstrated ability to provide comprehensive head-to-toe nursing assessments and interventions related to common diagnosis and specific clinical situations relevant to the designated patient group (e.g., renal failure, wound care, diabetes, sepsis, intoxication, withdrawal).
• Knowledge of emergency mental health and crisis stabilization and ability to conduct comprehensive substance use clinical and risk assessments, formulate treatment and discharge plans and provide crisis intervention.
• Knowledge of Trauma Informed Practice, Harm Reduction approaches, Strengths-based care, the principles of Recovery-oriented conceptual models of mental health care including person and family centered care, and psychosocial rehabilitation.
• Demonstrated ability to promote Indigenous Cultural Safety.
• Demonstrated ability to provide competent and culturally safety care in a variety of settings and with diverse populations.
• Demonstrated skill in the management of patients with altered immune response, acute/chronic pain management, anticoagulation therapy, patients with problematic substance use/withdrawal challenges.
• Knowledge of evidence-based best practices and issues to provide substance use and concurrent disorders treatment.
• Knowledge of DSM IV Diagnostic Classification System, mental status examination and case formulation.
• Knowledge of psychopharmacology (indications and side effects).
• Knowledge of legislation and government policies and procedures that relate to client care, including the BC Mental Health Act
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Demonstrated knowledge of impact of social, cultural, and family systems on health outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and implement care plans and anticipate and respond to potential complications and care issues relevant to the designated patient group.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in the development and delivery of educational programs and materials for patients and, with clients and their families based on education theories, principles, and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to identify emotional, social, or environmental barriers and intervene to eliminate stigma.
• Ability to prioritize, take initiative, be flexible, work both independently and collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to manage conflict situations and aggressive, responsive, and suicidal behaviour(s) and use non-violent crisis intervention and behavioural management.
• Ability to operate related equipment including a computerized client care information system and word processing, spreadsheet, Internet, and e-mail software.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
  Closing Statement:
  The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes.
  As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

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