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RN/RPN, Mental Health EmergencyFraser Health Authority • Burnaby, Metro Vancouver Regional District, CA
RN / RPN, Mental Health Emergency

RN / RPN, Mental Health Emergency

Fraser Health Authority • Burnaby, Metro Vancouver Regional District, CA
11 days ago
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  • Part-time
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Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42 - $59.52 / hour

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42 - $59.52 / hour

Job Summary

Join our collegial-spirited team at Burnaby Hospital as we build for the future of health care in Burnaby.

The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. Phase one is slated to open in spring 2025 and phase two in 2030.

Highlights of the two-phase redevelopment project include :

  • Expanded Emergency Department with additional treatment spaces
  • New health care pavilion with 83 beds to support maternity, neonatal intensive care, medicine, and mental health patients
  • New operating rooms, procedure rooms and recovery spaces
  • New acute care tower with 160 beds
  • New medical imaging department
  • New integrated BC Cancer Centre

Burnaby Hospital plays an essential role to those living in the community by delivering a variety health care services. Services and specialties include emergency medicine, intermediate-level critical care, medical imaging, internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, geriatric medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, palliative, psychiatry, oncology, outpatient clinics, and an extensive surgery program with anesthesia, orthopedics, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology, and plastics specialties.

Experience the exceptional benefits of working with us including :

  • Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits : Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
  • Generous Vacation Time : eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
  • Benefit Portability : Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
  • Immediate Pension Enrollment : Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
  • Maternity Top-Up : Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.
  • TransLink Pass Subsidy : Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes
  • Additional employee discounts and perks available
  • Eligibility based on employment status
  • Detailed Overview

    In accordance with the Mission and Values of Fraser Health and the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), the RN / RPN, Mental Health Emergency, works collaboratively as part of an interprofessional team and within an evidence-based trauma and resiliency informed practice, the RN / RPN supports all aspects of therapeutic care of patients with behavioural , emotional and mental health presentations.

    The RN / RPN performs physical and mental health assessments and provides appropriate nursing care, prescribed treatments, and medications in consultation with physicians and consultants. Observes, monitors, evaluates and documents client progress, symptoms and behavioural changes and performs a variety of health care interventions. Plans and coordinates patient assessment, care planning, patient and family teaching, and health promotion initiatives. Acts as an educational resource for the Emergency Department staff according to established policies, procedures, standards of practice, and philosophy at Fraser Health.

    Responsibilities

  • Provides direct health care services to patient presenting with a wide variety and complexity of mental health presentations. Performs physical, psychosocial and mental health assessments, collaborates with physicians and allied health as required, administers prescribed treatments and medications according to policy.
  • Observes, monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress, symptoms and behavioural changes. Performs a variety of health care interventions, utilizing nursing skills and medical equipment including therapeutic interventions using a variety of modalities.
  • Assesses the patient’s needs in collaboration with the emergency team during the intake procedure to determine patient disposition. Develops care and treatment plans with final dispositions authorized by the emergency department physician and / or consulting psychiatrist. Provides general and crisis counseling to patients and their families including brief crisis intervention, referrals to community resources, or emergency department social workers. Initiates and facilitates discharge planning and referrals.
  • Supports the process of admission and transfer to inpatient units by supporting the needs of the patient and their family, providing information to the receiving unit and facilitating transition by sharing emergency treatment outcomes and care plans to the inpatient unit.
  • Works with team members to develop educational resources that may be used with patients / families for health teaching.
  • Acting as a nursing resource, attempts to resolve problems related to patient care and develop individual patient care plans in conjunction with nursing and medical staff and other related disciplines in mental health, emergency and inpatient units and possibly community liaison providers. Recommends and implements changes and revisions to individual plans as necessary.
  • Maintains patient records by collecting and documenting information including health care information regarding patients and their families, nursing observations, telephone communications, interventions, teaching and care evaluations to ensure that the patient records are current and complete. Completes discharge summaries at time of discharge for review by a physician when appropriate.
  • Promotes teamwork between self and other disciplines in mental health, emergency department and inpatient units in all aspects of mental health care delivery.
  • Participates in nursing research; reviews current research and evaluates the implementation of current theory into practice. Participates in ongoing education and professional development to maintain high level of knowledge in the area of mental health.
  • Provides direction and participates in quality management / risk management activities and policy development related to nursing practice within the designated program through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of strategic interventions to improve nursing practice and patient care.
  • Performs other related duties as required.
  • Qualifications

    Education, Training & Experience

    Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses & Midwives (BCCNM).

    One (1) year recent related experience working with patients and families in a mental health or inpatient setting, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

    Skills & Abilities

  • Comprehensive knowledge of emergency triage procedures, mental health assessment, substance use, psychopharmacology, general counseling principles and interview techniques, crisis theory, trauma-informed care, abnormal psychology, de-escalation techniques and knowledge of community resources.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
  • Demonstrated ability to make decisions in both an independent and consultative manner in a clinical setting.
  • Demonstrated ability to relate effectively and establish rapport with psychotic and crisis-prone patients and their families.
  • Demonstrated ability to participate as a member of a multidisciplinary care team, and function as a nursing resource team member.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills.
  • Demonstrated organizational ability.
  • Demonstrated ability to teach.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment (e.g. personal computer).
  • Physical ability to perform duties of the position.
  • Seniority level

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