Registered Nurse - Mental Health - Ottawa, Ontario

Registered Nurse - Mental Health Ottawa, Ontario In-Person Contract Assignments. You Decide Which Positions /Locations You Accept. After-Hours and Weekends Paid At Automatic Premium Multiple Positions What You Will Be Doing: Providing nursing care to individuals with mental illness, concurrent disorders, and complex presentations Crisis assessment and de-escalation in institutional and community settings Supporting care coordination between facility staff, mental health providers, and the external community services Navigating consent under the Health Care Consent Act — working with patients who may lack capacity Maintaining clinical documentation in compliance with PHIPA Health promotion and patient education for individuals with mental health conditions Collaboration with correctional officers, youth workers, school staff, and community providers, as applicable to the setting Must-Haves: CNO registered, in good standing Minimum 7 years RN experience Inpatient psychiatric, community mental health, or crisis intervention experience Working knowledge of HCCA (Health Care Consent Act) — you have navigated consent with patients lacking capacity PHIPA knowledge — you handle personal health information in compliance with Ontario privacy law Experience with involuntary or non-voluntary patients Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing — RN diploma or BScN Current BLS / BCLS certification Legal right to work in Canada Available for in-person assignments — this is not remote work Preferred: CRPN designation (Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing) ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) NVCI (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention) training Experience with Indigenous populations or Indigenous cultural safety training ACT team (Assertive Community Treatment) or crisis response team background Experience with homeless, street-involved, or marginalized populations Experience at: CAMH (Toronto), Royal Ottawa, Ontario Shores (Whitby), Waypoint Center, Brockville Mental Health Center