Emergency Psychiatric Liaison Nurse Specialist

2 weeks ago

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Fraser Health Full time
Job Summary

The Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RN/RPN) provides and coordinates the delivery of psychiatric nursing care services in the Pediatric Emergency Department. This role requires a strong understanding of mental health assessment, psychopharmacology, and crisis intervention strategies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Evaluates the psychiatric nursing care needs of assigned patients and provides direct psychiatric nursing care.
  • Develops and modifies individualized care plans in consultation with the interprofessional team and family members.
  • Carries out selected treatments and procedures as prescribed by physicians and nursing orders.
  • Performs psychosocial assessments and collects collateral related to patients' primary support group, social environment, occupation, education, housing, finance, health service access, and legal problems.
  • Completes emergency psychiatry patient assessments for patients triaged to psychiatry.
  • Maintains clinical records by collecting and documenting information, including health care information regarding patients and their families, nursing observations, telephone communications, progress notes, interventions, themes worked on during interventions, teaching, care evaluations, patient outcomes, and discharge summaries.
  • Collaborates and consults with Emergency Department staff and other allied health department service providers in the hospital and community.
  • Liaises and communicates as required to support patient flow of admitted psychiatric patients being transferred to inpatient units in a timely manner.
Qualifications
  • Graduation from an approved School of Nursing with current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse and/or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
  • One year's recent, related experience in an acute psychiatric setting, including experience working with an adolescent population, specialty training in adolescent psychiatry, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Skills and Abilities
  • Demonstrated knowledge of mental health assessment, psychopharmacology, concurrent disorders, and DSM-V multiaxial diagnoses.
  • Knowledge of crisis intervention and de-escalation strategies, suicide risk assessment, violence management protocols, general counselling and interview techniques, and individual and group dynamics.
  • Knowledge of legal and ethical issues related to mental health certification in accordance with the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation.
  • Knowledge of adolescent development and mental health/psychiatric issues.

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