Registered Nurse - Family Health Team Clinic - Regular Full-time 2025-14058 (2025-14058)
Sunnybrook
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Toronto, ON
Contract type: Full time
Job Description
Position Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work with our primary care team in the community and in our clinic.
Must have a valid Ontario Driver's license and access to a vehicle
Roles And Responsibilities
Position Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work with our primary care team in the community and in our clinic.
Must have a valid Ontario Driver's license and access to a vehicle
Roles And Responsibilities
- Assess patient health care needs (physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual) to identify appropriate nursing interventions
- Analyze findings of health assessments
- Interpret patient health records
- Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions
- Collect data through therapeutic relationships with patients
- Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician/nurse practitioner
- Administer vaccinations
- Blood pressure assessments
- TB skin tests
- Foot assessments / Foot care
- Help patients to identify and use health resources, including those available in the community and from community agencies
- Involve patients in decisions about their own health
- Encourage patients to take action for their own health
- Initiate health education and other activities that assist, promote and support patients as they strive to achieve the highest possible level of health
- Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary team to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
- Consult and interact with other service providers as needed
- Coordinate and expedite patient flow by triage
- Provide Health Education in person and by telephone.
- Arrange follow up appointments as necessary
- Collect accurate and comprehensive patient-related information and documenting same in the patients' Electronic Medical Record.
- Participate in Quality Improvement Initiatives
- Operate and monitor medical apparatus or equipment and ensure strict adherence to sterilization procedures
- Handle and dispose of specimens and/or objects, and practice general safety procedures at all times
- Monitor supply levels and/or expiration of medical and clinic supplies, and order supplies as needed from approved vendors
- Registration in good standing with the Ontario College of nurses
- Primary Health Care experience required
- Community Care experience required
- Experience with working with persons with dementia
- Excellent oral / written skills
- Strong clinical skills
- Flexible with the ability to adapt to constantly changing clinical situations
- Autonomous and able to function with minimal supervision
- Ability to work effectively with all members of the inter-professional team
- Ability to prioritize, manage time effectively and be flexible in a very active work environment
- Basic CPR, BLS certification up to date within the last 2 years
- Experience with EMRs, Telus Practice Solutions in particular is an asset
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