Position Title: Registered Nurse (RN), Consumption & Treatment Service
Classification: Nurse
Department: Family Community Health & Harm Reduction
Reporting to: Manager, Harm Reduction
FTE: Full Time Term Position ending September 30, 2024
0.6 FTE Term Position ending March 31, 2025
Casual Positions may be available
Type: Temporary
Salary Band: $34.68- $41.80
Deadline: Until Suitable Candidates are Found
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About SWCHC
We are Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC), a non-profit, community-governed organization that serves over 18,000 clients annually. Established in 1978, SWCHC provides a wide range of health care services such as primary health care, health promotion, community development, mental health, and harm reduction. We are deeply connected to the communities we serve and committed to removing barriers to accessing services for people who are vulnerable because of their age, income, ability, sexual orientation or gender identity, and language or culture.
SWCHC strives to ensure that our team reflects the communities we serve. We work within an anti-racist, anti-oppressive framework that acknowledges the existence and impacts of systemic racism and seeks to ensure that systems are fair and equitable for everyone.
Role
Reporting to the Manager, Harm Reduction, the RN works as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide health care and treatment to clients who consume drugs within the CTS. Many clients may have soft tissue damage and injuries, chronic illnesses as well as complex health and social needs. Care may be carried out independently according to scope of practice, under the guidance of medical directives, or in consultation with relevant providers as identified in SWCHC policies and procedures. The RN also ensures the efficient operations of the CTS by maintaining equipment, supplies, adhering to universal precautions and infection prevention and control requirements.
Requirements
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Language Capability
Please submit your resume and cover letter as one document.
**It is the policy of SWCHC to require COVID-19 immunization for all employees, volunteers, and students, including those who work off-site with the following exceptions: Persons with a medical reason that prevents them from being vaccinated against COVID-19; Persons with other reasonable considerations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code that restrict them from being vaccinated against Covid 19 vaccination. **
Somerset West Community Health Centre is an equal opportunity employer who values the diversity of individuals in our programs and services.
We welcome and encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and racialized communities, Two-Spirit, nonbinary, LGBTQ+ people; people with disabilities; and members of other equity deserving communities. Applicants are encouraged to share accessibility needs in the application process, and every attempt will be made to accommodate them.
Due to the high volume of applicants, we can neither confirm receipt of nor respond to inquiries regarding your application. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.