Registered Nurse

Deadline: July 18, 2024

Position Type: Permanent, Full- Time

Posting Type: Internal & External

Supervisor: Manager, Primary Care

Location:

• Main Location: Access Point on Jane 
• You may be required to work at other Access Alliance Service Sites

Short Description:

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services (AAMHCS) is a Community Health Centre that aims to provide services and addresses system inequities to improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable immigrants, refugees, and their communities. The Centre envisions a future in which Toronto’s diverse communities achieve health with dignity.

We are looking for an experienced and self-directed nurse to be part of the Centre’s Primary Care Team and work within a collaborative clinical practice that includes program planning, implementation and evaluation.  The chosen candidate will be diligent, thoughtful, creative and able to work to full scope of practice in a primary care setting.

Within the RN scope of practice the chosen candidate will function interdependently with other members of the primary health care and programs teams within a health promotion framework. The RN will work to initiate, provide and support primary health care services to newly arrived immigrants and refugees who face multiple and complex health issues. 

Responsibilities:

• Take part in the delivery of comprehensive team based primary health care to clients of all ages within the full RN scope including screening, assessments, health promotion/education/coaching/counselling, referral, treatment and follow up as appropriate and necessary, support urgent care, as well as off-site programming and outreach/quick care clinics; providing direct support to our MDs and NPs as required and appropriate;
• Initiate and implement health promotion, education and community development approaches and strategies to support diverse populations and communities to increase control over and improve their health and wellness;
• Work with designated partner organizations and community groups to identify health priorities and implement solutions; within the broader community context and in partnerships deliver as may be required relevant workshop facilitation, advocacy and consultation;
• Develop, implement and maintain effective health promotion and education resources, displays and communications for the Centre and/or partners on selected health topics as required;
• Active participation in all agency systems and structures as required including but not limited to, quality improvement and performance evaluation;
• Able to travel and provide services throughout the City at designated sites, and to work evening and weekend shifts when required/scheduled;

Skills and Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will understand and be committed to the principles and values of community health centers Model of Care and Support as well as:

Minimum Requirements

• 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;
• 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: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours/week

Classification: Registered Nurse

Bargaining Unit: United Food and Commercial worker, Local 175    

Access Alliance offers comprehensive group benefits coverage, annual vacation entitlement, cumulative sick leave entitlement, employee assistance programs. Access Alliance is a HOOPP employer. 

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 “Registered Nurse” in the subject heading, please send your resume and cover letter by 5:00 pm July 18, 2024:

        by E-mail:           jobs@accessalliance.ca

        by Regular Mail:  Hiring Committee, Registered Nurse

                                  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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