Jared Kyle Pittman

Background

About Jared Kyle Pittman

Nursing professional with a vast nursing background including experience in Mental Health & Addictions (Inpatient and Community Settings), Nursing Case Management, Mental Health Program Triaging, Community Nursing, Addiction Medicine, Recovery Oriented Services, Community Health, Wound Care & Community Mental Health Rehabilitation. Working with Calgary’s vulnerable populations and those who have experienced chronic housing challenges and/or precarious living circumstances. Experience in carious settings such as hospital acute care, community care, clinic care, long term care and supportive living. Strong sense of community, promoting access to resources, working experience as a point of information for resources within the Calgary and surrounding area and have spent time working among social services within Calgary. Passionate about equitable healthcare access, harm reduction and providing a trauma informed approach. Experience across many age demographics. Acute Inpatient Adult Settings, Community Geriatric Rehabilitation, Emergency Adult Shelter(Clinic, Emergency Response and Detox), Community Adult Settings and Community Youth Settings. Experience working with youth health, with a focus in Mental Health. Knowledge and skills: Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT/Addiction Medicine), de-escalation, knowledge/ability to implement and/or assist with various psychosocial interventions such as behaviour modification, motivational therapy, motivational interview, substance use recovery, and reinforcing skills of psychotherapy. Experience with running peer and group therapy/psycho-ed (geriatric population). Additional skills in crisis intervention, overdose response, phlebotomy, injections, wound care and ECG. Additional experience in reproductive health and trans+/gender affirming health care. Knowledge around medical abortions, contraceptive options and education, and STI testing/treatment. Clinical educational experience while in school varied among medical settings, palliative, orthopaedic and psychiatric settings. Current student with Athabasca University to further career (LPN to BN)