Team Lead – Women’s General Forensic Unit
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About camh
CAMH has a number of current career opportunities for you to consider.Select a job title to view the description and apply online
About camh
CAMH has a number of current career opportunities for you to consider.Select a job title to view the description and apply online
About camh
CAMH has a number of current career opportunities for you to consider.Select a job title to view the description and apply online
Team Lead – Women’s General Forensic Unit
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If you’re a Registered Nurse looking to contribute to the development of a new unit including programming and clinical processes, this position could be for you!
At the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), we count on the expertise and dedication of our skilled inter-professional teams to meet the health care needs of clients with a wide range of diagnoses, and their families. We aim to enhance this care at our new McCain Complex Care Building located at CAMH’s Queen Street Site, the home of our new Women’s General Forensic Unit of the Complex Care and Recovery Program. This new building will offer spacious units; safe access to outdoor space and a variety of features designed improve patient care and enhanced safety features.
Position Description
The newWomen’s General Forensic Unit is currently seeking a full-time temporary (until March 13, 2026) Team Lead. Reporting to the Manager, and working collaboratively with the Complex Care and Recovery practice leadership group, the Team Lead supports the Manager to anticipate needs of the inpatient unit over time and collaborates with the unit’s interprofessional team to provide effective coordination of client/patient-centered care, consistent with CAMH’s vision and strategic directions. The Team Lead will assume responsibility for the communication, liaison and coordination of client/patient admissions, discharges, transfers, and appointments during the assigned shifts and for future shifts as appropriate. The successful candidate will facilitate service delivery, ensuring a high standard of quality and safety.
The Team Lead will ensure that the nurse/patient assignment is clear and reflects the principles of client centered care, also ensuring that client/patient assignments are accurate and properly recorded as per established unit processes and CAMH standards. The Team Lead will coordinate and assign breaks, break coverage, close observations and client appointments/activities off the unit for relevant inter-disciplinary staff; continuously monitoring and assessing unit needs based on the unit milieu, and advocating for change in the staffing complement due to changing unit needs.
You will link new inter-disciplinary staff, including Nursing Resources Unit staff, new graduate nurses, and agency staff with appropriate unit resources and facilitate orientation to the unit, ensuring they become familiar with unit procedures/processes. You will coordinate and/or assign, in collaboration with clinical supervisors/preceptors, an appropriate CAMH unit staff to assist students of all disciplines, educating them on unit procedures, and to assist with client/patient care issues.
The Team Lead will collaborate with the manager regarding staff participation in off-unit meetings/ training, educational events such as Nursing Practice Council, Education Rounds, and facilitate participation by assigning nursing coverage for clients, taking into
Company
Ocean State Job Lot
Location
Toronto
Country
Canada
Salary
125.000
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