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 www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.
About the Opportunity
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Adult Outpatient Mental Health & Addictions requires a Registered Nurse to function as a Community Mental Health Nurse (CMHN)/Case Manager. Reporting to the Manager of Adult Outpatient Mental Health and Addictions
Functions as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide clinical Community Mental Health & Addictions Nursing services to specified outpatients
Nurse provides Services to the Long Acting Injection Clinic
Provides mental health assessment, supportive counseling to adult clients, medication education and disposition planning
Provides group interventions to designated patients of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Provides community-based case management and counseling services to adult clients
Facilitates case disposition
Liaises with local inpatient, outpatient and community-based services and agencies as well as with inpatient withdrawal management and mental health units
Provides education about mental health disorders and treatments to clients, families and community groups
Works closely with primary care physicians and staff
Uses Telehealth and other technologies as required to improve access to services and participates in the planning, development and evaluation of local mental health and addiction services
About You
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We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
Bachelor's degree Nursing
Registered or eligible for registration with the NSCN
A minimum of three years' experience working in a Mental Health /Addiction Services setting in the last five years
Basic competencies in relation to identifying and addressing concurrent mental health and substance use disorders
Experience in crisis and suicide risk assessment and intervention
Evidence of ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
Knowledge and experience accessing community resources in a rural setting
Demonstrated ability to develop effective linkages with other health, social service and community agencies, particularly primary care
Willing to participate in clinical training activities (Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery, Suicide Risk, non-violent CPI, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing)
Demonstrated use of innovative problem solving and application of evidence based practice to patient services
Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
If there are no applicants with Three (3) years' experience, applicants with two (2) Years mental health and addictions experience may be evaluated.
If there are no applicants with two years' experience, applicants with one (1) year mental health and addictions experience may be evaluated.
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
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Long Assignment, Full-Time; 75 hours Bi-weekly
Approximately 10 months
Dates are subject to change
Compensation and Benefits
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$41.58-$51.11 hourly
($52.90 hourly with 25 years of RN experience)
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 Nursing 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.
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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