Registered Nurse (RN/RPN) | Certified Practice Opioid Use Disorder

Overview

Interior Health Authority is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) to join our Mental Health & Substance Use (MHSU) Certified Practice – Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) team at Sparwood Health Centre in Sparwood, BC. This role supports timely, responsive, evidence-based treatment and clinical supports across the continuum of available services.

About the Job

The Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RN/RPN) - Certified Practice - OUD functions as a member of the interdisciplinary care team to ensure persons with opioid use disorder have access to timely, responsive, evidence-based treatment and clinical supports across the continuum of available services. Working in the assigned clinical area, the RN/RPN provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment (including ordering and prescribing opioid agonist therapy), referrals to community supports, and escalation of care to primary care practitione...