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Registered Nurse (RN/RPN) | Mental Health Adolescent Psychiatric Unit Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) to join our Adolescent Psychiatric Unit (APU) in Kelowna, BC. If nursing is your passion and you are a reliable, flexible, and motivated individual interested in working in a dynamic environment, apply today! Who We Are Interior Health (IH) is committed to achieving a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the communities we serve, and where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Wellbeing and worklife balance is promoted within the IH team, and our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our primary goal of increasing the health and wellbeing of everybody in the Interior Health region from our employees to the population we serve. What We Offer Employee & Family Assistance Program Employerpaid training and education opportunities Generous vacation entitlement Employerpaid health benefits Municipal pension plan Shift premiums Competitive wages About The Job Functions as a member of the larger Hospitals & Communities Integrated Services (HCIS) or Tertiary Mental Health Services multidisciplinary care team. Ensures that persons with serious, severe and persistent mental health problems, and/or problematic substance use and/or developmental disability issues who may or may not be in crisis have access to timely, responsive, evidencebased treatment and clinical supports across the continuum of available services. Provides assessment, treatment, case management, community support, and as required, urgent response to clients who may also have serious functional impairment in the domains of physical health and personal, family, financial, occupational, and social life. Functions as a primary clinician utilizing a variety of specialized treatment modalities/therapies for individuals, groups of clients and/or their families. Selfdirected, motivated, reliable, and flexible; enjoys working in a team environment and has a strong desire to make a difference in someones life. Shift Details Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights, rotating from 07:00 to 19:00 and 19:00 to 07:00 hours. This is a relief fulltime opportunity until August5,2027, or return of the incumbent. About This Location The Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Kelowna General Hospital is a tertiary mental health, psychiatric unit for youth between ages 12 and 17 years old. The unit provides a youthfriendly, safe and secure environment with an average length of stay of 7 to 21 days. It has 8 beds staffed with a multidisciplinary team offering psychoeducational programming. A collaborative problemsolving philosophy and model of practice is utilized. Daily programming includes therapy groups, recreational and leisure time and creative projects. A unit classroom staffed by a certified teacher helps students maintain their coursework and create an education plan for return to their community school. Programming provides an opportunity for a wholelife assessment creating the basis for treatment planning. Interior Health has embarked on an expansion plan to meet increasing demands, expand health services, and enhance patient care in the Okanagan. Construction of the sixstorey, Centennial Patient Care Tower was completed in May2012, including an expanded emergency department, ambulatory care department, five new operating rooms, a rooftop helipad, an expanded adult inpatient psychiatric unit, and extra space for more patient beds in the future. Kelowna General Hospital is the site of the brand new clinical academic campus for the University ofBC Medical School. Apply today and join a dynamic team that is part of Canadas Top100 Employers and one of B.C.s Top Employers! #J-18808-Ljbffr