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Description

Employer Job Number: GO-00760879
Facility: Royal University Hospital
Job Description: The Psychiatric Liaison Nurse, under the direction of the Inpatient Mental Health Manager, exercises independence in the provision of individualized assessment and care to patients in the ER with mental health and/or substance misuse challenges. The Psychiatric Liaison Nurse will work closely with the emergency room physicians, on- call psychiatrists, Community Mental Health and Addiction Services and other Healthy Authority and community stakeholders, to develop and deliver high quality services for person's presenting to Emergency Services with mental health and addiction concerns. In addition, the incumbent provides patient and family education and support while the patient is in the emergency department and; acts as a role model and clinical resource re: management of psychiatric, intoxicated and aggressive patients.
Required Qualifications

Bachelor Degree/Diploma in Nursing or Bachelor Degree/Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing
Basic CPR, ASSIST preferred
Registered or eligible for registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS) or Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of Saskatchewan (RPNAS)
Experience
Requires 3 years full-time experience in Acute Psychiatric Nursing or Community Mental Health nursing experience or in a combination of the two.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to use a variety of assessment procedures ie) Mental Status Exam, BPRS, Suicide Risk Assessment, and interviewing skills etc
Current knowledge of human growth and development, human behaviour, psychopathology, the family life cycle and systems theory
Current knowledge of medical and psychosocial interventions appropriate to Mental Health
Current knowledge o
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