The Royal Careers

Position Information

Posting Number:	ROM24-430E
Title:	Registered Nurse (RFT 1.0 FTE Bilingual)
Position Status:	Regular Full-time
FTE:	1.0
Job Schedule:	Days/Evenings/Weekends
Unit:	Youth Psychiatry - Inpatients
Department:	Youth Psychiatry Program
Union:	ONA Local 74 (Ottawa)
Site:	Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
Number of Vacancies:	1

About The Royal

As one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres, The Royal has a clear purpose: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. This is at the core of everything we do and it is driven by the passion, focus and dedication of our employees. Every day, the work that we do transforms the lives of people with mental illness through specialized mental healthcare, advocacy, research and education. 

• As a key member of the Youth team, will use best-practice and innovative approaches to provide client-oriented, skilled, evidence-based nursing care to youth with early onset mental illness, within a multidisciplinary team.
• Independently complete mental status assessments of Youth
• Provide nursing intervention based on assessment, including crisis intervention and management, administering of medications within current evidence based practice standards, group and individual therapies, and evaluate interventions.
• Understand and practice patient centered care as it applies in the Youth Program.
• Recognize patient readiness to learn and provide individualized and group patient and family teaching.
• Use current physical assessment skills to monitor at-risk clients.
• Complete and maintain all necessary documentation as per hospital and professional standards.
• Monitor and evaluate client progress and revise treatment/rehabilitation plans as indicated.
• Ensure continuity of client care is maintained through exchange of information and communication with the Youth, family members and other services providers involved with the client.
• Complete all required non-clinical administrative documentation (i.e.: quality improvement, forms, etc.).
• Maintain work load measurement and data collection as required and input into the workload measurement system on a regular basis.
• Keep up-to-date regarding professional standards by reviewing current literature, attending workshops/seminars, networking with colleagues, and participate in the teaching and supervision of students.
• Provide education and health promotion
• Demonstrate an understanding of the broader health care setting by using appropriate health care and community resources.
• Respond to and manage rapidly changing situations with patients.
• Demonstrate use of theory and research to guide nursing practice.
• Participate as required in program evaluation and research.
• Work in a manner that is in compliance with staff and patient/client safety practices, policies and procedures of the Royal.
• Ensure a work environment that is conducive to the Royal’s Anti- Racism, Discrimination and Harassment-Free Workplace Policy.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• BScN preferred.
• CPMHN (c) is an asset.
• Minimum of three years psychiatric/mental health nursing experience preferred.
• Evidence of ongoing recent educational activities.
• Evidence of client directed practice of service delivery.
• Group leadership skills and experience an asset.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge and skill in psychiatric nursing practice as articulated in the Canadian Standards of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice.
• Knowledge of and ability to work with complex and treatment resistant youth and their families
• Clear understanding of MHA, and relevant legislation.
• CPR certification within the last 12 months, WHMIS update in preceding 12 months. 
• Completion of Suicide Prevention Training and Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training.
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate research and innovation into practice. 
• English level A- is mandatory in oral expression/comprehension, reading comprehension and written expression.  French level A- is mandatory in oral expression/comprehension.  

Salary Range:

39.07 to  56.00 per hour

Additional Information

• All applicants must provide a recent resume that clearly indicate that they meet the required qualifications.
• Please apply by clicking on the Apply button below.
• The Royal sincerely thanks all applicants for their interest in a career with us; however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
• All new hires will be required to obtain a clear and valid Criminal Record or Vulnerable Sector Records Check as a pre-condition of employment.
• The Royal is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, accommodations due to a disability are available throughout the recruitment process.