Mental Health Nurse

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IT IS AN HONOR TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED, AND WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.

Bayshore Medical Personnel is seeking a Mental Health Nurse (MHN) to provide service to our client in a primary health care setting in Yellowknife, Canada for a full-time contract.

Mental Health Nurses (MHN) are responsible for assessment, nursing diagnosis, development and implementation of a care plan, and evaluation of mental health nursing care. MHN’s provide crisis intervention and counseling and life skills programming to clients in the mental health clinic. They act as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, and their work includes walk-in and scheduled appointments with individuals or family and group therapy sessions.

An important part of this role is to provide counseling services on an individual/group therapy sessions, using CBT, DVT or motivational interview techniques. Candidates also need to be skilled with bio-psychosocial assessments and conducting medication management from inpatient and outpatient perspective.

Benefits Of Working With Bayshore Medical Personnel

• Enjoy a great work/ life balance with daytime hours, Monday to Friday.
• No evening or weekend shifts required.
• Paid on an hourly basis
• Medical and Dental Benefits for positions over 22.5 hours
  

Successful candidates will possess a minimum of three (3) years of full-time experience within the last five (5) years in nursing practice performing a variety of mental health nursing activities such as supportive psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, counseling, and crisis intervention or management in an adult community setting to clients suffering from mental illnesses or psycho-social difficulties.

Candidates Must Also Possess

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from a recognized university with either a certificate in:
• Mental Health Nursing or
• Certification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing from the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
• Registered Nurse license from the provincial or territorial professional college or association in the province of practice
• Certificate of Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider or CPR/AED Level C. Annual recertification is required
  
Primary Location

NT-Yellowknife