Registered Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Nurse

Prosperity Workforce Solutions is seeking a dedicated and experienced Mental Health Nurse to provide high-quality mental health nursing services for our client.

Position Summary
The Mental Health Nurse will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team delivering outpatient mental health care. This role focuses on providing evidence-based clinical interventions assessments and psycho-educational programming tailored to the unique needs of patients including operational trauma and occupational health considerations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments and collaborate with clients to develop individualized treatment plans.
• Deliver direct client care and interventions aligned with psychiatric diagnoses in the DSM-V.
• Monitor client progress and adjust treatment plans based on clinical outcomes.

• Provide supportive counselling using evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Solution-Focused Therapy Strengths-Based Perspectives and Motivational Interviewing.
• Design and facilitate psycho-educational sessions for individuals and groups (e.g. stress management relaxation anger management).
• Deliver health education to clients and their support networks.
• Monitor medication therapeutic responses and educate clients on medication use effects and side effects.
• Provide brief interventions for clients in acute distress and support access to internal and external health services.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings to coordinate care and share client progress.
• Conduct deployment-related health activities such as pre-deployment and enhanced post-deployment assessments.
• Offer clinical recommendations to primary care providers regarding employment limitations based on client health assessments.
• Communicate and liaise with external healthcare professionals and service agencies
• Distribute mental health awareness and outreach materials to bases and units.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Nursing from a recognized college or university and one of the following:
  Certificate in Mental Health Nursing or
  Certification in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing from the Canadian Nursing Association or
  Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing or equivalent.

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant mental health nursing experience within the last 5 years including supportive psychotherapy CBT solution-focused therapy counselling and crisis intervention or management in adult community settings.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) licence in the province of practice.
• Certification in CPR Level C with AED or willingness to obtain.