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Healthcare & Medical

Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Alberta, Canada – Immigration Support Possible

Visa type confirmed: Immigration Support Possible

Your Opportunity

In your role, you will report directly to the Manager, VODP and will provide a broad range of services primarily focused on supporting clients. Working as part of an inter-disciplinary team, you will practice from a harm reduction, recovery-based philosophy. You will act as an extension of the physician, provide direct patient care through virtual technology platforms, and support clients with the initiation and ongoing treatment of Suboxone or Methadone.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform rapid nursing assessments and screening to ensure safety and mitigate risks associated with medication management.
  • Prepare prescription renewals and record significant and historical data.
  • Maintain precise electronic records on individual clients’ files.
  • Involved in case management activities for clients such as follow-up, treatment, counselling, and referrals.
  • Assist physicians with virtual health examinations, orders, and minor procedures.
  • Coordinate and provide procedures for urine drug screening, including follow-up with physicians and clients.
  • Assist patients with community resource linkages such as Addiction Counsellors, Mental Health follow-up, and transition to community care.
  • Ongoing consultation with community pharmacies and monitoring of client medication dosing.
  • Educate clients on non-prescribed drug interactions while on buprenorphine or methadone.
  • Monitor client risk and complete suicide risk screening and assessment as deemed necessary.
  • Contribute in VODP Team meetings, team decisions, policy and procedure manual.
  • Occasional travel between offices may be required as per the direction of the manager.
  • The successful candidate, after a period of orientation and training, may have the option to work remotely up to 50% of the time.

    • Description

    As a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN), you will provide leadership through a wide variety of nursing services to patients for the purpose of promoting, maintaining, or restoring health, mental health, and preventing mental illness, injury, and disability. You will teach, counsel, and advocate on behalf of patients and take necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being.

    Salary

    PLEASE NOTE: Provisional Permit Holders shall be paid $39.58 / hour – $54.16 / hour. Upon being entered into the register of Registered Psychiatric Nurses, the rate of pay shall be adjusted to the applicable rate.

    Transition Details

  • Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
  • Classification: Registered Psychiatric Nurse
  • Union: United Nurses of Alberta
  • Unit and Program: Virtual Opioid Dependency Program
  • Primary Location: Centre 5010
  • Location Details: As Per Location
  • Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
  • FTE: 1.00
  • Employee Class: Regular Full Time
  • Hours per Shift: 7.75
  • Length of Shift in weeks: 4
  • Shifts per cycle: 19
  • Shift Pattern: Days
  • Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
  • Minimum Salary: $43.26
  • Maximum Salary: $59.21
  • Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

    • Required Qualifications

  • Completion of an accredited Psychiatric nursing education program.
  • Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta (CRPNA).
  • Current Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).

    • Additional Required Qualifications

  • Excellent knowledge of addictions and mental illness.
  • Must be competent in identifying clients at risk and completing a suicide risk assessment.
  • Knowledge of Suboxone/buprenorphine and Methadone.
  • Advanced computer literacy. Above average keyboarding skills and proficiency with computer programs – Outlook, MS Office, Zoom, Connect Care, etc.

    • Preferred Qualifications

  • As required.

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    Job Overview

    • Date Posted:
    • Expiration date: August 2, 2025
    • Location: Alberta, Canada
    • Job Title: Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Alberta, Canada – Immigration Support Possible
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