Community Mental Health Nurse - Seniors Mental Health Services - Mental Health & Addictions

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​Req ID: 178188
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Northern Zone, Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre  
Department: MHA NZ Mental Health - Seniors Clinic
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (60% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: NSNU Nursing Position
Posting Closing Date: 28-Apr-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

 

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

• Functions as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide clinical Community Mental Health & Addictions Nursing services to specified outpatients
• Provides mental health assessment, supportive counseling to adult clients, medication education and disposition planning
• Provides group interventions to designated patients of Mental Health and Addiction Services
• Provides community-based case management and counseling services to adult clients
• Facilitates case disposition
• Liaises with local inpatient, outpatient and community-based services and agencies as well as with inpatient withdrawal management and mental health units
• Provides education about mental health disorders and treatments to clients, families and community groups
• Works closely with primary care physicians and staff
• Uses Telehealth and other technologies as required to improve access to services and participates in the planning, development and evaluation of local mental health and addiction services

 

This position reports directly to the Manager - Seniors, Frailty and Social Work

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree Nursing
• Registered or eligible for registration with the NSCN
• A minimum of three years’ experience working in a community-based Mental Health /Addiction Services setting in the last five years
• Basic competencies in relation to identifying and addressing concurrent mental health and substance use disorders
• Experience in crisis and suicide risk assessment and intervention
• Evidence of ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge and experience accessing community resources in a rural setting
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective linkages with other health, social service and  community agencies, particularly primary care
• Willing to participate in clinical training activities (Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery, Suicide Risk, non-violent CPI, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing)
• Demonstrated use of innovative problem solving and application of evidence based practice to patient services
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent part-time (60%) position; 45 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$40.77 - $50.11 hourly

$51.86 with 25 years of RN experience

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

 

 

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

​This is a Nursing bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to