Mental Health Nurse (Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse)

Registered Nurse - Mental Health

In-Person Contract Assignments. After-Hours and Weekends Paid At Automatic Premium

Providing nursing care to individuals with mental illness, concurrent disorders, and complex presentations

Crisis assessment and de-escalation in institutional and community settings

Supporting care coordination between facility staff, mental health providers, and the external community services

Navigating consent under the Health Care Consent Act — working with patients who may lack capacity

Health promotion and patient education for individuals with mental health conditions

Collaboration with correctional officers, youth workers, school staff, and community providers, as applicable to the setting

Minimum 7 years RN experience

Inpatient psychiatric, community mental health, or crisis intervention experience

Working knowledge of HCCA (Health Care Consent Act) — you have navigated consent with patients lacking capacity

PHIPA knowledge — you handle personal health information in compliance with Ontario privacy law

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing — RN diploma or BScN

Legal right to work in Canada

CRPN designation (Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing)

ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)

NVCI (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention) training

Experience with Indigenous populations or Indigenous cultural safety training

ACT team (Assertive Community Treatment) or crisis response team background

Experience with homeless, street-involved, or marginalized populations

Experience at: CAMH (Toronto), Royal Ottawa, Ontario Shores (Whitby), Waypoint Center, Brockville Mental Health Center