Registered Nurse

Access Alliance•Toronto, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services (AAMHCS) is a community Health Centre that aims to provide services and addresses system inequities in order to increase access to primary care and improve health outcomes for vulnerable population that includes immigrants, refugees, and their communities. The Centre envisions a future in which Toronto’s diverse communities achieve health with dignity. We are looking for a diligent, thoughtful and organized individual who is calm and solution focused to be part of the Centre’s interdisciplinary clinical team. The successful candidate will work within a collaborative model of clinical practice, program planning, implementation and evaluation. Within the RN, Scope of practice, the selected candidate will provide primary health care services in a clinical environment meant for new comers to Canada who are systematically vulnerable population that face multiple, complex health and social issues. The successful candidate will as well work with specific population that comprise of women, youth, children and families using CHC Clinical Model of Care.

Requirements

Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario;
BLS certification;
Bachelor Degree in Nursing;
Minimum of 2 years of experience in frontline nursing;

Nice To Haves

Experience in a community and/or team-based care setting;
Skill set and experience in helping clients navigate the health care system and build capacity for self-management; developing and evaluating client education materials; program development, monitoring and evaluation;
Working knowledge of clinical and therapeutic methods, evidence-based practices and health promotion/disease prevention/wellness models;
Skill set and experience that supports providing head to toe clinical assessment, screening, triaging, health promotion and education, working collaboratively with physicians, nurse practitioners and an interdisciplinary health care team as well as working with independence as/when necessary;
Strong health technology and app literacy;
Knowledge of and commitment to principles of an anti-oppression and cultural competency framework;

Responsibilities

Providing primary care to clients of all ages within the full RN, scope of practice including screening, assessments, counselling, referral, education, treatment and follow up for scheduled appointments, triage, same day/urgent care, and off-site programming and outreach clinics;
Providing clinical support to designated PCPs (MDs and NPs) as required and appropriate;
Initiate and implement health promotion strategies such as health education and community development to support diverse populations and communities to increase self-management;
Work with partner organizations and community groups to identify health priorities and solutions;
Participating in community-based partnerships to build networks and strengthen service delivery which may include advocacy, consultation, evaluation, etc.;
Develop and maintain health information/education resources and displays on relevant topics as required;
Complete clinical administrative tasks: Order, stock and maintain an adequate inventory of medical and pharmaceutical supplies in the clinical rooms, lab, storage cupboards, treatment/ procedure room. Track and replace expired supplies and monitor the temperature of vaccine refrigerator;
Participating in all organizational systems and structures as required including but not limited to, quality improvement and performance evaluation;
Willingness to travel and provide services throughout the City at designated sites, and to work evening and weekend shifts when required/scheduled.