Assertive Community Treatment nursing at Vancouver Coastal Health brings psychiatric assessment and counseling into community-based care. Support clients experiencing responsible and persistent mental health or substance use challenges.

As a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse, you provide intensive, continuous outreach through a transdisciplinary team. The work combines treatment, rehabilitation, and support services while promoting recovery, wellness, harm reduction, and access to care. You assess needs, address high-risk situations, and coordinate services across the continuum.

Key Responsibilities:

- Deliver intensive community-based treatment and rehabilitation support
- Assess psychiatric, physical, psychological, and social needs
- Provide counseling and crisis intervention during high-risk situations




- Coordinate case conferences and interdisciplinary care planning
- Support access to health care and social services

Requirements:

- Current BCCNM registration as a Registered Nurse or RPN
- Two years’ related mental health and substance use experience
- Knowledge of recovery-focused mental health and substance use care
- Demonstrated psychiatric assessment and treatment planning ability
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Use psychiatric nursing, crisis intervention, and recovery-focused coordination skills to support Vancouver Coastal Health ACT clients.

📌 Assertive Community Treatment Nurse (Richmond)
🏢 Vancouver Coastal Health
📍 Richmond