Internal/External Employment Opportunity
Position Title: Community Health Nurse Supervised Injection Services
Component/Team: Oasis
Status: Casual (No guaranteed hours)
Salary Scale: $36.51 - $43.98 hourly plus 4% vacation pay in lieu of benefits + 10% Premium to the hourly rate for hours worked on Saturday and Sunday
Start Date: Immediately
APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 13, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
Position Description:
The Community Health Nurse is a member of the Oasis team and works closely with team members to provide the highest possible quality of health care services to clients.
The role of the Community Health Nurse SIS (Oasis) is to work with clients to help them achieve their desired health goals by establishing trusting relationships, conducting nursing assessments, engaging in health teaching and harm reduction counselling related to drug use, monitoring for signs of drug overdose or anaphylaxis, and intervening in emergency situations based on the centre’s policies and procedures and according to the College of Nurses of Ontario standards of nursing practice. As a member of the larger interprofessional care team, the Community Health Nurse may also provide primary care to people who experience barriers to accessing care due to their use of street drugs and concurrent disorders.
This may include providing immunizations, wound care, offering screening, counseling and testing for sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne infections such as HIV and Hepatitis C and connecting clients to substance use treatment services (including opioid agonist treatment) and other health and social services when appropriate (i.e. housing, income support, food support, mental health counseling). The Community Health Nurse may also conduct intake assessments for our opioid agonist treatment service and will be working in our upcoming injectable opioid agonist treatment service (injectable hydromorphone).
Reporting Relationship:
The Community Health Nurse, SIS is directly accountable to the Oasis Program Manager for the carrying out of his/her duties and through the Oasis Program Manager to the Director of Oasis and to the Executive Director.
As a Community Health Nurse, the incumbent is responsible for meeting the licensing and regulatory requirements of the College of Nurses as the professional governing body.
Requirements
Skills, Education and Experience:
Requirements for this position include:
Education, Language and Training
Professional Experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities