Psychiatric Licensed Practical Nurse St Paul

Bring psychiatric nursing expertise to St. Paul, Alberta, supporting families through safe, quality care and skilled risk assessment. Shifts vary.

This Licensed Practical Nurse assignment serves Acute Psychiatry at St Therese-St. Paul Hlth Ctr. You will work within an interprofessional health care team, guided by Recovery Alberta policies and procedures. The work calls for clinical judgment, organization, collaboration, computer proficiency, and self-direction.

• Deliver patient and family centered psychiatric care
• Perform suicide, homicidal, and violent risk assessments
• Administer psychotropic medications using clinical knowledge
• Use verbal de-escalation techniques with patients
• Apply the Mental Status examination in practice

• Minimum two years recent acute inpatient psychiatric experience
• Current BCLS-HCP certification
• Active or eligible CLHA registration and practice permit
• Knowledge of addiction and mental health resources across North Zone
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and care continuum

Use psychiatric assessment, medication knowledge, and de-escalation skills to deliver compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse care.