Job Description
Position Summary
ACT nurses assess, identify, plan, implement and evaluate the care required to assist ACT team clients in meeting their physical, psychiatric, social and spiritual needs. The Nurse works within the team’s interdisciplinary clinical framework to provide client-centered and strengths-based care in accordance with the BCCNM Standards of Practice and consistent with the mission, vision and values and established policy and protocols of RainCity Housing and the ACT team.
Many of the clients are certified under the Mental Health Act and knowledge of the Act and its implications and limitations is essential to working as an ACT nurse. The Nurse provides treatment services that are both inclusionary and flexible for individuals with mental illness, addictions and/or chronic medical conditions and ensures integration and continuity across the care continuum.
Responsibilities
Assess clients, perform intake, mental and physical health and...