Provide psychiatric nursing care at West 5th Campus in Hamilton Mountain, applying assessment skills and therapeutic communication across rotating shifts.

As a Registered Practical Nurse, you will support the Forensic Psychiatry Program within a multidisciplinary nursing and allied health team. The position provides basic assessment, treatments, preventative, educational, and supportive care to mentally disordered adult offenders. You will work under Registered Nurse direction while applying psychiatric nursing knowledge, communication techniques, and clinical judgment.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide basic assessment and treatment to patients
- Deliver preventative, educational, and supportive nursing care
- Apply therapeutic communication and counselling in practice




- Support care that reduces restraint and seclusion
- Document care according to established standards

Requirements:

- Current College of Nurses of Ontario registration
- Registered Practical Nurse educational program completion
- At least one year recent psychiatric nursing experience
- Current CPR, Asepsis Techniques, and Medication Administration certification
- CPI Crisis Prevention Training or clinical orientation completion

Apply psychiatric nursing, communication, and crisis intervention skills as a Registered Practical Nurse in forensic mental health care.

📌 Forensic Psychiatric Registered Practical Nurse (Canada)
🏢 St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
📍 Canada