Registered Nurse (Mental Health Services - Child and Adolescent Inpatient)

Overview 

The RN in the Child & Adolescent Program is responsible for the provision of comprehensive child and adolescent psychiatric nursing care within an interdisciplinary team. Duties include assessment of children and adolescents and their families, treatment and discharge planning.

Education 

- Registered Nurse with current Certificate of Registration issued by the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Completion of, or working towards, the CNA Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Certificate
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention certificate
- Knowledge of principles of CBT and DBT an asset
- Applicants with certification and/or completed additional training related to Mental Health will be given priority

Qualifications 

- Recent experience with serious mental illness and high risk child and adolescent patients preferred
- Demonstrated motivation to pursue educational goals
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a highly skilled interdisciplinary team
- Demonstrated ability to implement plan of care including independent and interdependent nursing functions
- Demonstrated ability to participate in unit quality initiatives and measurements including the collection of workload statistics
- Demonstrated understanding of accountability based practice
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - Good work and attendance record required
- All employees of Michael Garron Hospital (MGH), a division of Toronto East Health Network (TEHN) [formerly Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH)] agree to work within the legislated practices of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of Ontario.
- All employees of MGH are responsible to contribute to a transparent culture of patient and staff safety by adhering to and abiding by patient and staff safety policies and procedures set by MGH. - All employees are accountable for protecting the psychological health and safety of themselves and their co-workers through adherence to MGH's policies and practices.

Vaccines (COVID-19 and others) are a requirement of the job unless you have an exemption pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.