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Registered Practical Nurse, Withdrawal Management - Elgin
☞ CMHA Thames Valley Addiction & Mental Health Services
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Update day: 28-05-2024
Category: Health / Medical Care
Industry: Mental Health Care
Position: Mid-Senior level
Job type: Full-time
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Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), Withdrawal Management - ElginPart-Time, Contract (3 years)St. Thomas, Ontario- Application Deadline: November 24, 2022 -
- What you’ll be making - $23.79 to $30.38 per hour, rate based on proof of comparable, previous experience
- When you’ll work: 28 hours over a two-week period
- Day shift: rotating shifts of days, afternoons, evenings and weekends
- Paid 30 minute meal break
- Your pension plan – Immediately eligible for optional enrolment in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- PSLRTA Notice - This posting characterizes this position as currently non-union. However, please be aware that at the organization on September 29, 2022, a vote was held as a result of an application by the Organization under the Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act. The result was that employees voted to award OPSEU bargaining rights for all employees. Until such time as a new collective agreement is finalized, current terms and conditions of employment and existing, applicable collective agreements, if any, will remain in force and effect.
- Responsible for screening, assessment and provision of nursing interventions and supports to individuals referred to the Withdrawal Management Beds.
- Collaborate with addiction and mental health service providers to support the needs of clients who may be in crisis and needing supervised withdrawal management support
- Supporting intake services
- Support the addiction medicine treatment plan
- Promote Withdrawal Management Services to healthcare professionals, clients and the community and develop or extend expertise
- Participate in reporting requirements
- Assist with program development, implementation and evaluation
- Assists clients in taking responsibility for and managing their health needs according to available resources and personal skills
- Collaborates with community agencies to maintain coordination in the treatment process
- Identifies high risk clients and assess the need for crisis intervention, prioritizing the safety of clients
- Utilizes harm reduction principles to identify, reduce, and remove risk factors
- Works collaboratively and cooperatively with clients, families, peers and other care providers in order to provide safe, quality care, that maximizes benefits to the participant
- Interacts and provides support in a nonjudgmental fashion and provides care that demonstrates sensitivity to participant diversity (e.g. culture, race, age, sexual orientation, gender, beliefs and values)
- Assists in motivating clients to learn new behaviours and develop coping skills
- Diploma in Nursing as a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN)
- Current Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Valid Driver’s Licence, adequate insurance and access to a vehicle to carry out job duties
- Demonstrated ability to attend work regularly
- Experience with electronic medical records, PS Suites preferred
- ASIST training preferred
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention training preferred
- Nursing experience with a perspective that acknowledges and seeks to improve the impact of the social determinants of health
- Working knowledge of chemical dependency, including the pathophysiology of substance abuse and withdrawal
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with internal and external contacts including community and facility contacts, staff, physicians, clients, families, agencies
- Ability to tolerate stress and deal with a wide range of medical, mental health, behavioural and emotional issues
- First Aid & CPR certification
- Bilingual both official languages, preferred; préférence sera accordée aux candidats qui sont compétents dans les deux langues officielles du Canada
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Deadline: 12-07-2024
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