Support patients experiencing mental health emergencies in Halifax through psychiatric nursing, crisis assessment, and interdisciplinary care at IWK Health.

Reporting to the Clinical Manager, this Registered Nurse works in the Emergency Mental Health and Addictions Service. Responsibilities include assessing mental status, risks, symptoms, and presenting problems while applying specialized mental health knowledge. The nurse collaborates with patients, families, psychiatry, social work, triage nurses, and emergency teams.

Key Responsibilities:

- Assess mental status indicators, risks, and symptom history
- Identify priorities and develop problem-resolution plans
- Work with triage nurses on patient streaming
- Collaborate with patients, families, and team members




- Participate in meetings, planning, and quality improvement initiatives

Requirements:

- Minimum two years’ psychiatric nursing experience
- Experience with children and adolescents preferred
- Acute care or crisis stabilization experience preferred
- Knowledge of the Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act
- Ability to manage competing demands and stressful situations

Bring psychiatric nursing experience, assessment expertise, and interdisciplinary communication skills to emergency mental health care at IWK Health.

📌 Psychiatric Registered Nurse Emergency Care (Canada)
🏢 Nova Scotia Health
📍 Canada