Posted on May 15, 2024
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From 2024-05-15
The Registered Nurse (RN) role models clinical excellence and the core competencies of the practice standards of the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), as well as the policies and procedures of Southlake Regional Health Centre (Southlake). The RN works collaboratively as a member of the health care team. The RN provides direct patient care to patients based on the three-factor framework as outlined in the College of Nurses of Ontario standard, RN and RPN Practice: The Client, Nurse and the Environment. These three factors have an impact on decision making related to care-provider assignment as well as the need for consultation and collaboration among care providers. All nurses make a commitment to lifelong learning.
The successful candidate will be motivated, self-directed and a key member of a dynamic interdisciplinary team with defined roles focused on quality patient care and patient flow. The successful candidate will be responsible to provide excellent care to a diverse acute medical patient population in a fast-paced setting.
The role of the Mental Health Emergency Registered Nurse is to provide optimum quality nursing care to patients with psychiatric mental health and/or behavioral concerns in collaboration with the Inpatient Adult Mental Health Team, Inpatient Child and Adolescent Team, Adult and Child/Adolescent Psychiatrists, Crisis Team, Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Nurse and Emergency staff in the Emergency Department. Primary assignment will be in the Emergent Mental Health Assessment Unit according to the flow of Mental Health patients, otherwise the nurse will be working on the Adult Inpatient Unit under the direction of the In-Charge Nurse on duty and the Clinical Manager of Adult Mental health. The nurse will be responsible for assessment, care and treatment of patients in the Emergent Mental Health Assessment Unit and will work closely with the Adult Inpatient Mental Health Unit and the Emergency Department to ensure a continuum of quality psychiatric care and timely disposition.
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