Registered Nurse - Mental Health - Ottawa, Ontario
On-siteOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Provide nursing care to individuals with mental illness, concurrent disorders, and complex presentations, including crisis assessment and de-escalation in institutional and community settings. Support care coordination between facility staff, mental health providers, and external community services while navigating consent under the Health Care Consent Act for patients lacking capacity. Maintain clinical documentation in compliance with PHIPA and deliver health promotion and patient education. Collaborate with correctional officers, youth workers, school staff, and community providers as applicable. Requires CNO registration, seven years of RN experience, and inpatient psychiatric or crisis intervention background. Offers in-person contract assignments with automatic premium pay for after-hours and weekends.
Required Qualifications
- CNO registered, in good standing
- Minimum 7 years RN experience
- Inpatient psychiatric, community mental health, or crisis intervention experience
- Working knowledge of HCCA (Health Care Consent Act) — you have navigated consent with patients lacking capacity
- PHIPA knowledge — you handle personal health information in compliance with Ontario privacy law
- Experience with involuntary or non-voluntary patients
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing — RN diploma or BScN
- Current BLS / BCLS certification
- Legal right to work in Canada
- Available for in-person assignments — this is not remote work
Desired Qualifications
- CRPN designation (Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing)
- ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
- NVCI (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention) training
- Experience with Indigenous populations or Indigenous cultural safety training
- ACT team (Assertive Community Treatment) or crisis response team background
- Experience with homeless, street-involved, or marginalized populations
- Experience at: CAMH (Toronto), Royal Ottawa, Ontario Shores (Whitby), Waypoint Center, Brockville Mental Health Center
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