Registered Nurse - Mental Health - Kingston, Ontario
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About the job Registered Nurse - Mental Health - Kingston, Ontario
Registered Nurse - Mental Health
Kingston, Ontario
In-Person Contract Assignments. You Decide Which Positions /Locations You Accept.
After-Hours and Weekends Paid At Automatic Premium
Multiple Positions
What You Will Be Doing:
Providing nursing care to individuals with mental illness, concurrent disorders, and complex presentations
Crisis assessment and de-escalation in institutional and community settings
Supporting care coordination between facility staff, mental health providers, and the external community services
Navigating consent under the Health Care Consent Act — working with patients who may lack capacity
Maintaining clinical documentation in compliance with PHIPA
Health promotion and patient education for individuals with mental health conditions
Collaboration with correctional officers, youth workers, school staff, and community providers, as applicable to the setting
Must-Haves:
Minimum 7 years RN experience
Inpatient psychiatric, community mental health, or crisis intervention experience
Working knowledge of HCCA (Health Care Consent Act) — you have navigated consent with patients lacking capacity
PHIPA knowledge — you handle personal health information in compliance with Ontario privacy law
Experience with involuntary or non-voluntary patients
Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing — RN diploma or BScN
Current BLS / BCLS certification
Legal right to work in Canada
Available for in-person assignments — this is not work from home
Preferred:
NVCI (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention) training
Experience with Indigenous populations or Indigenous cultural safety training
ACT team (Assertive Community Treatment) or crisis response team background
Experience with homeless, street-involved, or marginalized populations