Registered Nurse (RN) / Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN), Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (VIRCC), Correctional Health Services – Victoria, BC
Core
Provide direct trauma-informed health care services to incarcerated clients with complex physical, psychiatric, and substance use disorders in a correctional facility.
Role type
Registered Nurse (RN) / Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN)
Builds
Direct patient care, treatment plans, and discharge planning within Correctional Health Services
Domain
Healthcare / Corrections / Mental Health & Substance Use
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Trauma-informed care, psychiatric assessment, medication administration, harm reduction, Indigenous Cultural Safety, conflict resolution, discharge planning
Preferred skills
Knowledge of settler colonialism impacts, anti-racism advocacy, facilitation techniques
Technologies
Medical equipment, computerized record systems
Responsibilities
Perform physical, substance use, and psychiatric assessments; administer prescribed treatments and medications; triage health service requests; monitor and document client progress and behavioral changes; provide health promotion education; collaborate with interdisciplinary teams for care coordination
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC