- Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
- CA$41–CA$60 per hour
- 1+ years
The Pediatric Psychiatric Liaison Nurse performs intake assessment, offers crisis intervention, and provides input into the care of psychiatric and concurrent disordered pediatric patients in the Emergency Departments.
Compensation
The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42 - $59.52 / hour
Responsibilities
- Screens psychiatric referrals from a variety of internal and external sources, gathers background information and determines service priorities.
- Works with Emergency Department / inpatient unit staff in the identification of potential psychiatric referrals.
- Performs psychosocial assessments and collects collateral related to patients' primary support group, social environment, occupation, education, housing, finance, health service access, and legal problems.
- Completes emergency psychiatry patient assessments for patients triaged to psychiatry.
- Develops care plans with final dispositions authorized by the Emergency Room Physician or consulting psychiatrist and provides general and crisis counselling to patients and their families including short term crisis follow-up in accordance with approved treatment plans.
Requirements
- Graduation from an approved school of Nursing or Psychiatric Nursing
- Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse and/or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)