Registered Nurse, Forensic Outreach

Forensic Outreach

Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care - St. Thomas, ON

Full Time

Salary Range: $39.07 - $56.00 /hour

(flexibility to work all shifts as required)

St. Joseph’s Health Care is willing to consider applicants who are eligible for Community Commitment Program for Nurses (CCPN). This program provides $25,000 in grant funding to eligible RPNs/RNs/ Nurse Practitioners in exchange for a two-year full-time commitment. To learn more about the Community Commitment Program for Nurses (CCPN), please visit www.healthforceontario.ca/en/Home/All_Programs/Community_Commitment_Program_for_Nurses.

An opportunity exists on a multidisciplinary team with Forensic Outreach Services. This position will provide nursing care to clients with severe and persistent mental illness within our catchment area of Southwestern Ontario. The successful nurse will support the reintegration of individuals within the Forensic mental health system into the community within the parameters defined by the Ontario Review Board.

The Forensic Psychiatry Program has adopted the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Model as its overarching philosophical framework. This philosophy is built on a set of principles and values that emphasize client and family involvement in decision making, client choice, the provision of a range of services to meet treatment, rehabilitation and support needs, and a commitment from mental health services' professionals to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients based on their stated preferences, wishes, desires and life plans. As part of the forensic system, this must also be accomplished within the parameters defined by the Ontario Review Board within each patient's Disposition order.

The Forensic Psychiatry Program is also highly invested in both education and research and has various connections to with the University of Western Ontario

Essential Qualifications

• Valid registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Valid CPR certificate
• Valid Ontario driver's license
• Well-developed assessment, consultative practice and evaluation skills in the care of clients with severe and persistent mental illness
• Excellent working knowledge of nursing principles, theory and legislation and of the nursing care needs of clients with severe and persistent mental illness
• Must be capable of establishing positive interpersonal relationships and able to work as an effective team member
• Demonstrated ability to apply and document the nursing process
• Ability to relate therapeutically with clients
• Demonstrated leadership in the initiation, coordination of, and participation in team/family conferences and clinical activities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational, critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Experience in the development of teaching materials and the teaching of clients, family, and caregivers
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in applying the principles and technology of psychosocial rehabilitation
• Ability to conduct and document a thorough Mental Status Examination
• Ability to travel within the catchment area
• Knowledge of a Safety Culture in a Health Care Setting in compliance with the OHSA
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in French would be an asset
• Experience working in mental health
• Experience working in a community setting
• BScN
• Psychiatric Mental Health Worker certification
  
  

Teaching and Research

• St. Joseph's Health Care London through its affiliation with Western University and Fanshawe College is a leading research and teaching hospital. As an employee of St. Joseph's you will be expected to engage in role related teaching and research activities in addition to any of your clinical duties
  
  

Immunization Requirements

• Provide vaccination records or proof of immunity against measles, mumps rubella, varicella (chicken pox), Hepatitis B, COVID-19 and influenza.
• Provide documentation of the Tuberculosis skin testing