Mental Health Inpatient Registered Practical Nurse

Apply psychiatric nursing expertise at Ross Memorial Hospital as a permanent part-time Registered Practical Nurse in Lindsay, Ontario. Support assessment, stabilization, and short-term treatment.

This Registered Practical Nurse serves the Mental Health Inpatient Unit, a Schedule 1 adult psychiatry short-term unit. The role requires current Ontario registration, psychiatric nursing experience, medication administration, and biopsychosocial assessment skills. Nurses work within a multidisciplinary team providing nursing care, treatment, and activity programs.

• Provide nursing care for adult psychiatric inpatients
• Support patient assessment, stabilization, and short-term treatment
• Administer medications using safe, correct techniques
• Use verbal and non-verbal de-escalation techniques
• Participate in treatment and activity programs

• Current Registered Practical Nurse registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Three years current psychiatric nursing experience with seriously mentally ill individuals
• Mental Health Nursing certificate or diploma
• Current BCLS and crisis intervention certification or training
• Excellent biopsychosocial assessment and psychopharmacologic knowledge

Bring psychiatric nursing, medication administration, and assessment expertise to Ross Memorial Hospital's Mental Health Inpatient Unit.