Posting # 56505 - [ ONA ]

Using the principles of client-centered care within the context of an interdisciplinary team approach, the successful candidate will provide comprehensive assessment/rehabilitation/treatment to clients with severe and persistent mental illness.



Essential Qualifications

• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Valid CPR certificate
• In-depth knowledge of major mental illness from a biopsychosocial perspective
• Knowledge, skills, and recent experience providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of individuals with serious mental illness
• Demonstrated ability to apply and document the nursing process
• Knowledge of psychotropic medications, symptom management, and community resources
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation
• Must be capable of establishing positive interpersonal relationships and able to work as an effective team member
• Knowledge of a Safety Culture in a Health Care Setting in compliance with the OHSA
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational, critical thinking and problem solving skills

• Proficiency in French would be an asset
• Experience in mental health
• BScN
• Certified/or in the process of completing courses toward the Canadian Psychiatry and Mental Health Certification

• St. Joseph's Health Care London through its affiliation with Western University and Fanshawe College is a leading research and teaching hospital. As an employee of St. Joseph's you will be expected to engage in role related teaching and research activities in addition to any of your clinical duties

• Provide vaccination records or proof of immunity against measles, mumps rubella, varicella (chicken pox), Hepatitis B, COVID-19 and influenza.
• Provide documentation of the Tuberculosis skin testing