Registered Nurse - Concurrent Youth Unit

Job Description

As part of the Child, Youth & Emerging Adult Program (CYEAP), Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS) provides care and treatment to children and youth between the ages of 6 and 24. Clients and their families served by CYFS are offered specialized services and customized care across an inpatient, day treatment, and outpatient continuum of care. These services are closely aligned with our Research Centres including the McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health and the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression.

Job Description

As part of the Child, Youth & Emerging Adult Program (CYEAP), Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS) provides care and treatment to children and youth between the ages of 6 and 24. Clients and their families served by CYFS are offered specialized services and customized care across an inpatient, day treatment, and outpatient continuum of care. These services are closely aligned with our Research Centres including the McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health and the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, is currently seeking a part-time, temporary (until May 7, 2027) Registered Nurse (BScN) to work in the inpatient unit serving youth with concurrent disorders. The Concurrent Youth Unit, in the Child, Youth and Family Services serves provincial youth ages 13 to 18, and potentially for up to 21 years of age, with moderate to severe addiction(s) to substances and accompany mental health issues. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Child, Youth & Family Services, and as a member of an interprofessional team, you will provide client-centered psychiatric, addictions and general nursing care, including admission processes, withdrawal management, client assessments, care plan development, care implementation, medication and treatment administration, and family support. You will contribute to activities such as unit/program development, support of unit and CAMH processes, and will support the program’s evaluation and research activities. Your role will include supporting evidence-based models of care and programming, such as Motivational Interviewing (MI) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Your skills include the ability to make behavioral observations, conduct mental status assessments, monitor patient’s response to pharmaceutical and other therapy interventions, and provide quality clinical documentation, and ongoing effective communication within the team. You will have sound knowledge of crisis prevention and intervention, mental health and addiction issues, harm-reduction, child development, trauma-informed care, recovery, and family-informed care. Your strengths include an ability to perform thorough assessments, develop, implement and evaluate inter-professional client centered care plans, support clients in establishing and working toward attaining their goals, and participate effectively in inter-professional collaboration and effective teamwork. You will value and engage in self-reflection and continuous learning. As a staff member at CAMH and on CYU, you behave as an ambassador; supportive of professional conduct and CAMH values. Your role includes support to clients to transition to other services. You will liaise with other services at CAMH and with community agencies, to coordinate care for clients, and will sustain positive working relationships on the unit, and with our internal and external partners. You will ensure that security, safety and the CNO standards of nursing practice are maintained. You will be able to work with adolescent clients and families from diverse populations, provide education support and supervision to students and volunteers. You will demonstrate a commitment to accountability: critical thinking, reflective practice and continuous learning. You will support a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, and complies with all policies and regulatory requirements. This position involves shift rotation and is located at 80 Workman Way, at the Queen Street Site.

Qualifications

• You must be registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario and able to practice without restrictions. You must also possess a current B.C.L.S. (CPR) certificate. You must have a bachelor degree in nursing, BScN, and preference will be given to RNs with certification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing through the Canadian Nurses Association (CAN). Specialized clinical experience working with complex and challenging youth and their families is preferred. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills enabling you to develop therapeutic nurse-patient relationships. You will be able to work within a collaborative and diverse inter-professional team. Effective leadership, decision-making, organizational and problem solving skills are required. You must have skills in working effectively in a fast-paced environment, in crisis prevention and the ability to intervene effectively in situations requiring the support and management of dysregulated behaviors. 3 years nursing experience with adolescents and with concurrent disorder, and demonstrated knowledge of best practices; evidence-based addictions and mental health treatment models are an asset. The ability to work with clients of diverse cultural and social backgrounds is necessary. Computer literacy is required. Bilingualism (French/English) and/or proficiency in a second language would be an asset. All applicants offered and accepting employment must complete a Vulnerable Sector Police Records Check. The offer of employment will be conditional upon receipt of the satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Police Records Check.

Please Note

This part-time, permanent position is a 0.3 commitment, which may be subject to change as per the Collective Agreement. Additional hours may be available based on operational needs. This position is part of the ONA Bargaining Unit.

Salary Range

$41.15 – $58.98 per hour

CAMH is a fully affiliated teaching hospital and research institute of the University of Toronto. As a CAMH employee, you will contribute to our mission by supporting teaching, research, and clinical care across the hospital.

CAMH is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our commitment is to foster a workplace, teaching, and learning environment that is inclusive, respectful, and free from discrimination or harassment.

CAMH strongly encourages applications from candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples; Black and other racialized communities; LGBTQ2S+ communities; women; and people with disabilities, including those with lived experience of mental health and substance use challenges.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Thank you to all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. If you require accommodations during the application or recruitment process, please let us know.

About Us

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.

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