Mental Health Nurse

1 week ago


Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada Island Health Full time
Qualifications and Requirements

**Education and Training:**

  • Registration with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN registrant or a practicing RPN registrant.
  • Recognized post-basic education related to psychiatric nursing and/or mental illness.

**Experience and Skills:**

  • Two (2) years recent related experience in mental health and/or addiction nursing.
  • A significant understanding of mental health and/or alcohol and drug use issues.
  • Knowledge of applicable legislation, such as the Mental Health Act and the Guardianship Act.
  • Knowledge of available programs, their interrelationships, and their function in delivering care in the community to persons with mental illnesses.
  • Knowledge of mental health and/or alcohol and drug use assessments, treatment methodologies, intervention strategies, the change process, and community dynamics.

**Additional Requirements:**

  • Valid BC Driver's License.
  • Ability to apply nursing process as required and described in BC College of Nurses and Midwives Standards of Nursing Practice.
  • Demonstrate competence congruent within the organization's framework and standards, and a rehabilitation/recovery focused model, as a member of an inter-professional care team, the care and treatment of concurrent disorders.
  • Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrated organizational, problem-solving, and teaching skills.
  • Demonstrated judgment, good observation, and client assessment skills, tact, and empathy.
  • Work collaboratively as part of an inter-professional team.
  • Promote positive change and independence.
  • Prioritize and organize workload.
  • Ability to carry out the duties of the position.
  • Operate a personal computer with a variety of Windows-based software.
  • Foster good public relations.
  • Operate related equipment.

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