Nurse Clinician, Outpatient Mental Health Services, Psychiatric Clinic BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital & Health Centre Vancouver, BC What you’ll do
Manage all referrals received by the Outpatient department (OPD) by reviewing, assessing for urgency, prioritizing and making decisions to send referrals to the appropriate specialty clinic in the OPD and/ or redirects referrals to appropriate community resources. Maintain written communication with referral sources and families regarding referral decisions and accessing community based resources. Ensure referrals are tracked in the mental health database.
Coordinate and initiates assessments and post assessment referrals by methods such as gathering information from the referral source/client/other relevant persons, responding to patient, family and health care member’s enquiries, evaluating information to identify priority of service required and suitability of admission into program, and liaising with other support diagnostic/health services staff.
Act as an educational resource, and develops teaching plans for patients, families and health care providers in the hospital and community settings.
Lead and participate as a member of the health care team in patient case conferences for patient reviews, admissions, discharges and ongoing program evaluation by providing input on a variety of care issues, collaborating with the assessment/triage team, assessing the patient’s needs during the intake procedure to determine patient disposition, and supporting staff with facilitating patient care reviews and conferences. Develop, implement and assesses the effectiveness of individualized care plans for each patient using a relevant nursing model at an advanced level.
Identify, plan and develop educational resources such as pamphlets, web pages for patients and healthcare professionals, teaching videos for patient and family health education, reference care plans, and specialized learning packages for nurses by compiling relevant information, utilizing best practices, determining appropriate form for education resources and material, collaborating with others, and reviewing material to ensure the content is current and cost effective.
Acting as a clinical nursing resource, develops individual patient care plans, in conjunction with nursing and medical staff, and other related disciplines in Mental Health, in both the hospital and community setting.
Facilitate and enhance communications and team work through methods such as providing information based upon theory/practice and continuing professional education, developing communication linkages, fostering collaborative partnerships and strengthening existing working relationships, resolving clinical issues and advocates for the patients on behalf of the program in collaboration with team members.
