Community Mental Health Registered Nurse

Deliver community mental health nursing with psychiatric assessment and medication management at St. Joseph's HealthCentre in Toronto. This is full-time permanent work.

As a Registered Nurse on the Assertive Community Treatment Team, you will support clients with severe and persistent mental illness. The position combines case management, crisis intervention, physical health assessment, and community-based treatment. You will work with psychiatrists, families, service providers, and an interdisciplinary team while reporting to the ACT Team Coordinator. Evening shifts and weekends rotate among team members.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate care and initiate individualized community plans
• Provide case management, crisis intervention, and practical assistance
• Administer medications, depot injections, and treatments safely
• Monitor physical assessments, side effects, reactions, and toxicities
• Liaise with pharmacies, laboratories, providers, and community agencies

Requirements:

• Current College of Nurses of Ontario certificate of competence
• Bachelor of Nursing preferred; psychiatric preparation is an asset
• Three years’ clinical experience preferred with severe mental illness
• Community mental health experience and addictions experience are assets
• Strong communication, counselling, case management, and crisis intervention skills

Apply psychiatric nursing, care coordination, and medication expertise while supporting complex clients across Toronto community settings.