Mental Health and Substance Use Nurse (RN/RPN)

Come work as a Mental Health and Substance Use Nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and you may be eligible for a financial recruitment incentive of up to $15,000. Incentives are time limited and conditions apply. Apply today to speak to a Talent Acquisition Advisor!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a?Registered Nurse (RN)?or?Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN)?to join the Carlie Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre at the HOpe Centre in North Vancouver, BC. Apply today to join our team!

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About Carlile: Carlile is a acute mental health & substance use unit, serving patients 17-25 years of age, located at the HOpe Centre in North Vancouver.

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As a Mental Health & Substance Use Nurse, you will:

• Provide individualized direct nursing care, discharge planning and case coordination services to a wide range of clients with severe and persistent mental illness, concurrent disorders and/or dementia and is responsible for the full range of clinical practice and the client-centred rehabilitation program by working independently and as a member of a team.
• Enhance quality of life from the perspective of the client/family.
• Perform physical and psychosocial rehabilitation assessments.
• Consult, confer and collaborate with other health care givers and family members to develop, implement, evaluate and modify individualized strength-based treatment plans.
• Establish, maintain and enhance therapeutic relationships based on respect.
• Administer prescribed medicines, monitor client response and provide/demonstrate ongoing information to the client/family on activities of daily living, use of medication and side-effects and integration of illness to their lifestyle.
• Prepare and maintain client records according to established standards, participate in team meeting, engage in team planning and quality improvement activities and maintain and update your own knowledge.