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The Psychiatric Nurse provides specialized mental health nursing services to support student success, safety, belonging, and wellness across the school division. Working as part of a multidisciplinary Student Services team, the Psychiatric Nurse delivers consultation, assessment, psychoeducation, care coordination, and capacity-building support to staff for students with complex mental health needs and/or medical needs while also assisting in coordinating universal mental health education.
Job Responsibility:
Conduct student-focused consultations (with appropriate consent), including observation as needed, information-gathering, and functional understanding of complex mental health needs within school contexts
Support school teams with complex presentations (e.g., severe emotional dysregulation, aggression, trauma impacts, suspected psychiatric symptom patterns), recommending classroom and environmental strategies aligned with the student’s profile
Provide short-term targeted supports within scope and in collaboration with counselling, including coaching on coping strategies and school-based stabilization practices, and coordinate referrals to community-based services as required
Participate in complex student meetings (SST, wraparound, case conferences), helping align educational programming with mental health and medical realities
Provide presentations and consultations for staff and/or families on psychiatric diagnoses and common school impacts, evidence-informed supports and strategies, medication classes and functional impacts at school
Act as a liaison between schools, families, and external medical teams (psychiatry, pediatrics, family physicians, AHS/health authority services, community agencies), supporting continuity of care and shared understanding
Leading and supporting medical plan processes and the safe delegation/training/monitoring of health procedures when appropriate, consistent with division policy
Provide clinical mentoring, coaching, and skill development for Health Care Aids (HCAs) supporting student medical needs
Provide consultation on extreme behaviour situations, contributing a mental health nursing perspective to understanding risk, triggers, and stabilization supports
Support the division in clarifying “what we do, why we do it, and the impact,” using ethically collected data and narrative storytelling
Maintain professional standards, documentation, and confidentiality consistent with nursing regulation and applicable legislation
Requirements:
Current registration and good standing as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) (or RN with significant child/youth mental health nursing experience, depending on provincial context)
Minimum 3–5 years relevant mental health nursing experience (child/youth experience strongly preferred)
Demonstrated competence in mental status/mental health assessment and collaborative care planning (within scope and setting)
Demonstrated ability to educate diverse audiences on mental health topics and support medication-related observation/education in a safe, appropriate manner
Strong knowledge of community mental health systems and referral pathways (local health authorities, PCN/primary care networks, recovery/addictions services, etc.)
Nice to have:
Experience working in or with school settings, community-based child/youth mental health, or multidisciplinary teams
Training/experience in trauma-informed practice, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and de-escalation
Experience supporting complex case conferencing, wraparound approaches, and school reintegration following hospitalization
Knowledge of relevant provincial legislation and processes impacting care coordination (e.g., mental health legislation, community orders where applicable)