Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse- Casual

Position Title: Registered Nurse / Registered Psychiatric Nurse

Classification: Nurse II

Employee Group: MNU

Department/Service/Program: N/A

Reports To: N/A

Hours of Work: 2015 annually; 7.75hr/day

Overview

Consistent with the mission, values, objectives and policies of the Centre, the nurse acts as a resource to the patient as the patient moves from acute illness phase to stabilization and then to discharge back into the community. The nurse plays the pivotal role of assisting patients to mobilize their internal resources, that is, to encourage and guide patients to recognize, identify, utilize and build on their own capabilities in managing their life in view of their mental illness.

EMHC supports recovery principals in our treatment of patients in our care. We believe in using the Recovery Model philosophy as we serve and assist the people in our care. Recovery can be seen from several dimensions, some of which ...