Registered Practical Nurse - Mental Health - Child and Adolescent I/P

Posting Period

Open:         April 3, 2025

Deadline:    April 16, 2025

UNIFOR

This position is covered by a collective agreement.  Applications from outside the bargaining unit are welcome, but can only be considered if the position is not filled from within the bargaining unit

Department Name

Mental Health - Child and Adolescent I/P

Child and Adolescent Inpatients services the Thames Valley District for children's mental health needs.  The dominant focus of service delivery is crisis and urgent assessment and treatment for children and adolescents under the age of 18 (and their families) who present with mental health difficulties such as:  mood disorders, depression, suicidal behaviour, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, eating disorders and acute symptoms of distress.  The inpatient service offers short-term stabilization admissions, inpatient assessments of urgent mental health problems presenting in crisis, and coordination with community resources for follow up treatment planning.

The RPN works with an intra-professional team ensuring practice is based in theory, ensuring practice is evidence based and meets all relevant standards and guidelines as outlined by the College of Nurses of Ontario.  Care is based on nursing process of assessing the mental health of children and youth, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care

Regular Part-Time

Rate of Pay:                $37.10 per hour - $37.77 per hour

Qualifications

• Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario

• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers course (BCLS-HCP) for which you can provide proof upon request

• Minimum one (1) year recent, related experience in a mental health care setting 

• Recent experience working with children, adolescents, and their families within acute mental health care preferred

• Demonstrated competency in risk assessment and intervention

• Demonstrated skill in the coordination of intra-professional plan of care/management of therapeutic milieu

• Knowledge of a Safety Culture in a Health Care Setting in compliance with the OHSA

• Demonstrated competency in a variety of skills including (but not limited to); patient assessment, intramuscular and subcutaneous injections

• Demonstrated ability to practice effectively in a collaborative interdisciplinary team setting

• Proven effective communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with patients, their families, physicians and colleagues

• Ability to function autonomously and adapt to rapidly changing situations and varying workloads

• Commitment to the achievement of goals and objectives in patient care

• Proven problem solving, critical thinking and decision making skills

• Commitment to lifelong learning and professional development

• Demonstrated ability to manage and resolve conflict

• Demonstrated computer proficiency with Automated Clinical Systems

• Demonstrated practice and commitment to the principles of patient and family centered care

• Demonstrated practice and commitment to patient and staff safety at LHSC

• Demonstrated practice and commitment to LHSC's vision, purpose and values

• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis

Immunization Requirements:

Before beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires must provide documentation related to LHSC's Health Review requirements. For more information and a detailed list of requirements, please visit Health Review Requirements | LHSC. 

We are committed to providing a safe, healthy and inclusive work environment that inspires respect. LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from equity-denied groups including Indigenous people, racialized people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ persons. LHSC is also committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive recruitment process. Upon individual request, we will endeavor to remove any barrier to the hiring process to reasonably accommodate candidates, including those with disabilities, while maintaining a fair, consistent and equitable recruitment approach. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application, interview or selection processes, please contact Recruitment Services at 519-685-8500, extension #34321 or recruitment@lhsc.on.ca . 

As part of the selection process applicants may be required to complete an examination or test. Please be advised that a reference check may be conducted as part of the selection process. 

Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to provide a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 6 months. 

Please be advised, if you are seeking employment on a temporary work or study permit we recommend reviewing work permit restrictions as it applies to healthcare organizations in Canada. As per the Government of Canada, LHSC is considered a hospital/healthcare organization, even if an employee is functioning in a non-patient facing role. Individuals on a work or study permit seeking employment in this sector may be required to complete additional steps in the process, including but not limited to a medical exam, which may also apply to employees looking to renew their work permits. It is the employee's accountability to ensure they are adhering to their specific work permit restrictions, and we encourage all candidates and LHSC employees to be proactive and review restrictions as soon as possible as it could be a lengthy process.

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