Registered Nurse, General Psychiatry – Adult (part Time)

Job title: Registered Nurse, General Psychiatry – Adult (part Time)

Job description: Do you have a passion for nursing? We have the position for you! We are seeking a motivated Registered Nurse with a dedication for delivering compassionate patient care to join our team at GR Baker Memorial Hospital.

Under the direction of the Q.U.E.S.S.T. clinical supervisor and working with members of a multidisciplinary team, will provide direct mental health care to persons with addictions, psychiatric illness, and/or challenging behaviours, during crisis. Responsibilities include comprehensive assessment, intervention planning, monitoring, individual and group therapy, consultation and crisis line telephone intervention.

Shift Rotation/Hours of work: Days, Nights – 07:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 07:00, rotating

GR Baker Memorial Hospital is a full care hospital with 26 acute beds, four ICU beds and five crisis stabilization beds. Some services provided are laboratory, diagnostic imaging, pharmacy, home and community care and home support, mental health and addictions, general surgery, internal medicine, otolaryngology (ENT), community cancer care, physiotherapy, respiratory therapy, environmental health and speech and language therapy. Visiting specialists in cardiology, pediatrics, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, urology and ophthalmology.

Quesnel has a population of 10,000 (2021) local residents and is one of the central interior’s oldest cities and home to the world’s largest gold pan. Nestled on the banks of the Fraser and Quesnel rivers, Quesnel is the commercial centre of the North Cariboo. Check out Quesnel for more information on this outdoor playground and its access to a wealth of adventures.

What Northern Health has to offer you!

• Comprehensive benefit packages including MSP, extended health/dental and a municipal pension plan for part-time and full-time employees. Casuals have the option of paying for benefits.
• Four weeks vacation with one year of continuous service
• Relocation Incentive is available for eligible positions
• Employee referral program
• Employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Spectacular outdoor activities and the shortest commutes in BC
• “Loan Forgiveness Programs” offered through the Federal and BC Government

Qualifications

• Registration with BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN or RPN registrant.
• With a minimum of one (1) year recent experience in an acute mental health setting or an equivalent of experience in other areas of the mental health field.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to operate related equipment
• Demonstrates independent critical thinking.
• Ability to maintain good public relations with clients/patients, family and friends.
• Physical ability to perform duties of position.
• Ability to prov8de and promote safe and competent patient care.
• Ability to recognize and intervene in an emergency situation.

Who we are
Northern Health covers an area of nearly 600,000 square kilometers and offers health services in over two dozen communities and 55 First Nation’s communities. We deliver hospital and community-based health care for a population of 300,000.

Employing more than 7,000 staff throughout the region, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners, through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations in Northern BC.

There is a wide variety of career opportunities available in our two dozen hospitals, 25 long-term care facilities, public health units and many other offices providing specialized services.

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