Registered Nurse – Open Door Project Coordinator

Deadline: Oct 1, 2024

Position Type: Project, Fulltime / One Year with Possibility of Extension

Posting Type: Internal & External

Supervisor: Manager, Health Initiatives

Location:

• Main Location:  340 College Street
• You may be required to work at other Access Alliance Service Sites and partner locations throughout the Mid-West Toronto OHT

Short Description:

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services (AAMHCS) is a Community Health Centre that is committed to and works to improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable immigrants, refugees, and their communities. We do this by facilitating access to services and addressing systemic inequities. The Centre envisions a future in which diverse individuals, families and communities can achieve health with dignity.

Access Alliance is a member of the Mid-West Toronto Ontario Health Team (OHT), and the lead agency for the Open Door Program (ODP), an exciting health initiative aiming to improve health outcomes for systemically vulnerable populations in designated high priority neighbourhoods in our region. ODP activities increase access to health information and services for individuals and communities. The program provides support with preventive care, navigation/referrals to primary care, mental health and addiction services as well as needed community support services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with the staff team to lead planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion initiatives such as the Preventive Care Program.  We are looking for a Registered Nurse who is highly motivated and self-directed to be part of our the team. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide care and support to clients of all ages within the full scope of a RN in specified settings for scheduled appointments, off-site programming and outreach clinics.
• Initiate and provide care and support to structurally vulnerable clients wishing to access primary health care services and who face multiple and complex health (medical and social) issues.
• Initiate and implement health promotion strategies such as health promotion and education using community development approaches to support diverse populations and communities.
• Develop and maintain information resources for the Open Door Program and educational displays on selected health topics as required.
• Lead the implementation of the Preventive Care Program by participating in planning and overseeing effective delivery of the project activities.
• Evaluate programs to ensure that objectives are met and recommend changes made to improve practices and systems by applying QI principles and tools.
• Using a shared leadership, team-based approach, provide guidance and direction to health ambassadors and other project-related staff to achieve identified project outcomes.
• Build relationships with partner agencies to ensure the success of the coordinated project, and secure client placements or referral sources from the community.
• Establish and implement service and referral pathways with partner agencies.
• Develop a workplan in conjunction with the supervisor, identifying actions plans, learning goals and professional development needs.
• Collect and submit program statistics and reports on a timely basis.
• Willingness to work evening and weekend shifts when required/scheduled.

Skills and Qualifications:

Required

• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• BLS certification
• Bachelor Degree of Nursing

Preferred and/or Demonstrated Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• 2 or more years of 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;
• Demonstrated experience managing projects and budgets
• Strong health technology and app literacy;
• Knowledge of and commitment to principles of an anti-oppression and cultural competency framework

Beneficial Assets

• Success in partnership development and report writing;
• Ability and capacity to work in a fast paced, ever-changing environment;
• Skills in urgent care or emergency department;
• Complimentary post-secondary education in public policy and population health;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (written and verbal), problem-solving, organizational and time management skills;
• Skills and experience working with people, communities and populations that face and are impacted by multiple social and health determinants, barriers and issues;
• Ability to communicate effectively in a second language of our priority populations

Salary: 63,337 – 76,394/ Annual 

Duration: One year with possibility of extension

Hours: 35 hours/week

Classification: Registered Nurse

Bargaining Unit: United Food and Commercial worker, Local 175

Please be advised that our organization requires all staff, students, and volunteers to be fully vaccinated. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination can be obtained from the Ministry site.

Application Method:

With “RN Project Coordinator – ODP” in the subject heading, please send your resume and cover letter by 5:00 pm October 1, 2024:

        by E-mail:           jobs@accessalliance.ca

        by Regular Mail:  Hiring Committee, RN Project Coordinator – ODP                

                                  Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services

                                  340 College Street, Suite 500, Toronto, ON, M5T 3A9

No phone calls please.

AAMHCS is a community-based organization that operates from a pro-choice, anti-oppression, and participatory framework.  In your cover letter, we invite you to articulate why you wish to work with Access Alliance, and in what ways did you wish to put your skills, experience, and education into action for this role and for Access Alliance at this time. Knowledge of the neighbourhoods we serve and how agency values would be integrated in your day-to-day work may be interview questions.

We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.  Please note that a criminal background check and Vulnerable sector check will be conducted for this position as a condition of employment.

We are committed to a workforce reflective of the diversity of the City of Toronto and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from those who provide different perspective and contribute to diverse ideas including those from racialized and 2SLGBTQI+ communities.

AAMHCS is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

AAMHCS encourages a scent-free environment.

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