Psych Attendant – Inpatient – Mental Health & Addictions

Job title: Psych Attendant – Inpatient – Mental Health & Addictions

Job description: ​Req ID: 168358

Company: Nova Scotia Health

Location: Eastern Zone, St. Martha’s Regional Hospital

Department: MHA EZ SMRH In Patient Mental Health

Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (70% FTE) x 1 position(s)

Status: CUPE Healthcare Position

Posting Closing Date: 29-Nov-23

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there’s a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you’ll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

To perform selected basic patient care activities and related non-professional services necessary in caring for the personal needs, comfort and safety of selected patients. Any activity or service is carried out under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Grade XII education (related psychology/social science courses an asset)
• Excellent communication skills
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to deal in a non-aggressive, non-confrontational manner
• Non Violent Crisis Intervention training or willingness to take within six (6) months of hire
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
• Successful external applicants are required to provide a criminal record check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) to People Services before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent Part Time (70%) Position; 52.5 Hours Bi Weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$19.26- $20.02 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You’ve Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

​This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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