Job Description

ONA Posting

Position: Registered Nurse-Psychiatry Consultation Liaison

Dept: Mental Health – Consultation Liaison Psychiatry

Posting ID: 2023- 35470

Role Level: CPS04.2 ($37.93hr -$54.37hr)

Status: Permanent Full time (x4)

Site: Mississauga Hospital

Shift: Days: 8am to 4pm ( flexibility required)

Posted: November 30,2023

Internal Deadline: December 7,2023

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community

When we set out to build our vision and future, we connected with our community - patients, families, visitors, physicians, staff and volunteers. The foundational goals of our new strategic plan - quality, access and sustainability - anchor everything we do. Our mission for a new kind of health care is built on an inter-connected system of care organized around patients - inside and outside the hospital.

At THP, we are relentless in providing high quality, compassionate care to our communities and take great pride in fostering an inclusive and accessible environment and we are all accountable for contributing to a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing and promoting excellence in patient care though advancing patient and staff safety. If you are passionate about what you do, motivated to improve the health of the community, committed to excellence, quality and patient safety we would like you to join our Better Together team!

Job Description:

As part of the Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service, the Registered Nurse will work at the interface of medicine and psychiatry and provide psychiatric consultation for patients admitted to medical/surgical units across the hospital. The team provides service and expert psychiatric consultation for individuals who develop signs and symptoms of psychiatric distress while they are in hospital for a medical or surgical reason, and help and support family members of these individuals.

In addition, to supporting the Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service, the Registered Nurse will also provide backup coverage for Electroconvulsive Therapy. Coverage includes assisting in the ECT procedure as directed; clinically assessing pre and post ECT patients; documents the ECT treatment and outcomes; coordinates transfer of care back to the inpatient unit for monitoring as required and other duties as required.

Key responsibilities include:

• Demonstrating nursing expertise and providing clinical leadership in evidence-based practices through direct care activities
• Completes psychiatric nursing assessment of patients
• Provides health teaching to patients, family members and frontline staff concerning medication, illness, symptom management, and recovery using a biopsychosocial framework.
• Recommends the implementation of interventions based on assessment, patient and family input and in conjunction with the treatment team using a patient and family centered approach to care.
• Ensures coordinated delivery of care through ongoing communication with all members of the treatment team
• Documents all assessment findings, treatment, transfer and discharge plans as required
• Assists with application of behavior management strategies under the guidance of the psychiatrist on the Consultation Liaison team.
• Uses a variety of interventions to manage responsive behaviors of patients such as, confusion, delirium, dementia, aggression, agitation etc.
• Administers a variety of assessment scales in collaboration with the treatment team to record patient symptoms and/or behavior. For example, BPRS, CIWA, MoCA, MMSE, AIMS, Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia etc. dependent on area of clinical involvement.
• Participate in program quality initiatives, and program evaluation as necessary

Key Qualifications:

• Graduate of a recognized college or school of nursing
• Current Certificate of Competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario in good standing
• Current BCLS/CPR certification required
• Demonstrated assessment, consultation, and evaluation skills in the care of mental health patients
• Experience in assisting with ECT treatments and recovery or seniors care preferred
• Demonstrated ability to provide individual/group health teaching for patients and staff.
• Proven ability to interact with patients and their families in an empathetic and non-judgemental manner to support a model of recovery
• Excellent knowledge of the Mental Health Act
• The ability to work effectively within an interprofessional collaboration model
• Exceptional skills of leadership, self-direction, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, and proficiency of MS Office applications and other medical based systems (i.e. EPIC)
• Ability to be flexible and have willingness to provide a variety of tasks as required for effective patient flow
• Excellent organizational, time management and critical thinking skills

Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.

To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca

Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.

We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.