Nurse Practitioner | Complex Mental Health

Here’s your chance to be a part of our story!  Carewest is one of Calgary’s leaders in exceptional care and we are looking for passionate helpers to join our team.

At Carewest, our mission is to support all clients in maintaining their quality of life as they transition through their health care journey. Our core values of Caring, Relationships, Excellence, Accountability and Teamwork guide how we provide care to those who need it the most.

 

With a strong focus on delivering quality care & safety to our residents & clients we strive to attract innovative thinkers looking for a rewarding career.

 

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The Opportunity 

 

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides autonomous, advanced clinical practice and leadership within Bridgeland's (BRCC) specialized Mental Health Type A and Post-Acute programs, supporting individuals with complex psychiatric, cognitive, behavioural, and medical needs. As the Most Responsible Health Care Practitioner (MRHP), the NP is responsible for comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, admission, ongoing management, and discharge planning.

 

Working collaboratively with psychiatrists, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams, the NP delivers specialized, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and person-centred care for individuals living with mental illness, dementia, responsive behaviours, and other complex mental health conditions. Drawing on expertise in psychiatric assessment, psychopharmacology, risk management, and the Mental Health Act, the NP provides clinical consultation, guides individualized care planning, and champions quality improvement and excellence in professional practice.

 

The role operates in accordance with applicable provincial and federal legislation, College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) Standards of Practice and Guidelines, the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Code of Ethics, and Alberta Health Services (AHS) organizational requirements within Carewest's continuing care framework. 
Other duties as assigned. 

 

Complex Mental Health Programs provide continuing care and specialized supports for adults living with severe and persistent mental illness, often in combination with physical health conditions, substance use disorders, cognitive impairment, acquired brain injury, psychosocial challenges, responsive behaviours, and functional disabilities. Services are delivered within a harm-reduction, trauma-informed, person-directed model of care that emphasizes dignity, autonomy, wellness, meaningful engagement, therapeutic relationships, and quality of life while working collaboratively with clients, families, support networks, and community partners to promote stability, recovery, independence, and successful transitions where appropriate. 

 

•    Registration with CARNA on the Nurse Practitioner Registrar including Provisional Graduate Nurse Practitioner licensure.
•    Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program and a minimum of Master's degree academic preparation.
•    Successful completion of a Baccalaureate of Nursing degree and minimum required hours of RN practice.
•    Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).

•    Minimum of 3 - 5 years of advanced nursing experience, ideally blending psychiatric-mental health care with continuing care settings.
•    Must understand and practice within full scope of practice in an interdisciplinary team environment. Experience in a wide range of assessment, treatment and therapeutic interventions, health promotion, diagnostic procedures.
•    The NP has in-depth knowledge of adult acute and chronic mental health illnesses and symptoms and can work with complex clients.
•    Proven experience managing complex medial-psychiatric co-morbidities.
•    Demonstrated proficiency in leading behavioral care plans and de-escalation tracking systems.

•    Experience working within continuing care settings.
•    Advanced psychiatric-mental health nursing, geriatric expertise, and primary care to support complex populations in long term care and post-acute settings.