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Job Description
Duties:
- As a member of an interdisciplinary team, you will work actively and collaboratively in gathering of relevant health information, organizing and delivering mental health & physical care to geriatric clients in an Ambulatory Care and ECT psychiatric setting.
- Provide all nursing care to ECT clients; including setting up equipment/supplies for ECT & intravenous ketamine infusion procedure and demonstrates knowledge of emergency equipment, use of oxygen & suction machine plus use of pulse oximeter and cardiac monitor
- Ability to liaise with the prescribing teams and ECT team.
- Ability to organize, coordinate and facilitate treatment sessions.
- Ability to facilitate flow of clients from and to ECT suite and any other tasks needed.
- Assist in updating of protocols, policies and documentation in line with current national ECT standards and guidelines
- Maximize the person’s function, participation and control in their recovery.
- Have a keen awareness of the needs of clients, families, and service providers in the community, who will participate jointly in the planning and delivery of person-centered care.
- Demonstrated ability to focus on continuity of care through clear communication.
- Provide nursing support to Outpatient; Outreach and ECT services.
- Provide nursing support to engage patients in, plan and facilitate 1 to 1 or group sessions.
- Provide care to scope in emergency psychiatric/medical rapidly changing situations, with a proven ability to prioritize care to match clients’ needs and resources.
- Demonstrated ability to provide nursing assessment, recognize and intervene around emergent health problems.
- Demonstrated knowledge and ability to apply Mental Health Act and all other legislation related to the practice of mental health nursing.
- Safe preparation and administration of medication as per the Royal policy and procedure.
- 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 Harassment-Free Workplace policy
- Other assigned duties as required.
Qualifications:
- Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario is required.
- BSc N. is preferred.
- Certification in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and/or Gerontology is preferred.
- Minimum of two years’ recent experience in Geriatric Nursing and Psychiatry preferred.
- Understanding of MHA and relevant legislation.
- Ability to manage and provide specialist training in ECT for qualified nursing staff.
- GPA (Gentle Persuasive Approach) training and P.I.E.C.E.S training, or other related dementia care training is preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the standards of Canadian Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing practice.
- Knowledge of changes associated with the aging process and areas of vulnerability.
- Knowledge of psychopharmacology, medication reconciliation and problems which complicate drug therapy with seniors.
- Excellent organizational and coordinating skills to maintain efficient and safe patient treatment, recovery and transfer to and from units
- Excellent documentation skills with strong attention to detail
- WHMIS update in preceding 12 months.
- Fire Training update in the past 12 months.
- CPR Certification within the last 12 months.
- Completion of Prevention of Violence in the Workplace training (C.P.I.) required.
- Basic computer skills required.
- Must complete workload measurement and RAI-MH training upon hire.
- English level A- is mandatory in oral expression, oral comprehension, reading comprehension and written expression.French level A- is mandatory in oral expression and oral comprehension.