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Nurse Practitioner Jobs in Old Toronto at Canadian Association of Community Health Centres
Title: Nurse Practitioner
Company: Canadian Association of Community Health Centres
Location: Old Toronto
Category: Healthcare, Nursing
Location: Old Toronto
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE South Riverdale Community Health Centre (ON)
LOCATION
07/02/2024
POSITION DESCRIPTION
FULL TIME, REGULAR POSITION
SALARY RANGE: $103,851 – $122,178
INCLUDESHEALTH BENEFITSAND HOOPP(HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN)
South Riverdale Community Health Centre is a non-profit, multi-service organization that provides primary healthcare, social and community outreach services with an emphasis on healthpromotionand diseasepreventionprimarily to people of East Toronto. Our mission is to improve the lives of people that face barriers to physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being. We do so by meaningfully engaging our clients and communities, ensuring equitable access to primary health care and deliveringquality carethrough a range of evidence informed programs, services and approaches.
As a leader in community health, our locally and internationally recognized community services include cutting-edge primary health services, healthpromotion, harm reduction, environmental health, community food centre and population-based community programs for marginalized peoples. We value health equity andinclusionandrespectin our work and in the delivery of our services.
The Nurse Practitioner is a nurse specialist in primary health care, who functions both independently and as a member of the primary care team, providing primary health care to the clients of the Centre and emphasizing healthpromotion, healtheducationand diseaseprevention.
This position is expected to work onsite.
Responsibilities:
• Conducts comprehensive health assessments of the well person throughout the lifespan. Assessments include a holistic health history, physical examination and appropriate screening and diagnostic tests
• Assesses and manages episodic and stable chronic conditions commonly seen in primary health care, consulting with CHC physicians when issues present that go beyond the RN(EC) scope of practice
• Performs telephone screening when necessary, which may include intake, referral, health care advice for acute or chronic conditions, anticipatory guidance, and support for reception
• Provides supportive and lifestyle counselling which may include preventative counselling, brief supportive counselling or short-term crisis management when indicated and when SRCHC social workers are unavailable
• Writes prescriptions and orders laboratory tests within the RN(EC) scope of practice
• Provides pre and post-natal care which includescollaborationwith CHC physicians, obstetricians, “maternity care” physicians, midwives or health care providers chosen by the client, as needed
• Makes home visits to clients who live within the catchment area as necessary
• Makes internal referrals to other SRCHC staff as appropriate
• Refers clients to specialist, hospital or community resources as appropriate
• Participates in case conferences with other providers to ensure coordination of services to the client
• Ensures that standards of client care are maintained according to accepted College of Nurses standards, the Regulated Health Professions Act, and the policies of SRCHC
• Performs necessary back-up clinical functions for other nursing staff in their absence
• Provides care at outreach clinics e.g., Family Planning, STD clinic and Red Door Shelter
without physician present but consulting with CHC physicians as needed
• Completes forms as required
• Integrates healthpromotionprinciples into ea…
