Community Mental Health Registered Nurse

Community mental health nursing at Fraser Health centers on assessment and recovery-oriented care. Work collaboratively with interprofessional teams across community services.

This Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse provides treatment and care management for individuals with mental illness and concurrent disorders. The position emphasizes person-centered, culturally safe, trauma-informed practice, crisis intervention, and continuity across the care continuum. You will support client self-determination and independence.

• Coordinate intake, assessments, treatment plans, medications, and follow-up care
• Provide direct nursing care, physical assessments, wound care, and medication administration
• Build therapeutic relationships with clients and informal support networks
• Deliver crisis intervention, counselling, education, and coping strategies
• Document assessments, interventions, responses, outcomes, and referrals

• Approved nursing or psychiatric nursing program graduation
• Two years recent related mental health experience
• Current BCCNM Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse registration
• Knowledge of mental illness, substance use treatment, and psychopharmacology
• Valid Class 5 British Columbia driver's licence and personal vehicle

Use assessment, counselling, crisis intervention, and collaborative nursing skills to support recovery-oriented community mental health care.