Website Providence Care
Under the direction of the Community Team Manager, the Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) is responsible for the provision of psychiatric nursing services, including medication management and administration in conjunction with the team psychiatrist and nurses on the team, assessing the needs of clients, making appropriate referrals to community physicians and consulting with Registered Nurses as required. The Registered Practical Nurse also contributes to the development of comprehensive client-centered assessments and treatment plans. In addition, the RPN will assist in the service coordination for an assigned group of clients that includes providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation and support services.
Skills and Qualifications Required:
- Registered Practical Nursing Diploma
- Unrestricted registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Minimum three (3) years of work experience in an inpatient psychiatric setting, preferred
- Minimum one (1) year of work experience providing services to adults with a serious mental illness in an outpatient psychiatric setting
Position Responsibilities:
- Provides individualized service coordination for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team; assumes primary responsibility for overall treatment goals and plans in collaboration with the client and treatment team, providing individual supportive therapy and symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the treatment plans as clients’ needs change, educating and supporting clients’ families, and advocating for clients’ rights and preferences.
- Takes a lead role or participates in providing medication administration and medical services.
- Assists with ongoing assessment of clients’ mental illness symptoms and clients’ response to treatment. Makes appropriate changes in treatment plan to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behaviour, which put clients at risk (e.g. suicidality).
- Provides ongoing assessment, problem-solving, side-by-side services, skill training, supervision (e.g. prompts, assignments, monitoring, encouragement), and environmental adaptations to assist clients with activities of daily living.
- Provides on-call crisis intervention covering nighttime hours, serves as backup to evening and weekend staff, and provides night and weekend staff support as required.
Why Work at Providence Care Community Teams
- Providence Care offers a wide range of community services across Southeastern Ontario
- Community services striving for excellence in care, education and research
- Committed to people centred approach to care delivery
- Competitive salaries, benefits and pension
- Corporate and service specific orientation for new hires
- Focus on Healthy Workplace and Culture of Quality
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Education, mentorship and bursary opportunities
- Fully affiliated with Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College and other academic institutions
- Locations in Kingston, Belleville, Brockville, Kingston, Napanee and Sharbot Lake
To apply for this job please visit providencecare.talentpoolbuilder.com.