Primary Care Clinic Nurse

Position Summary:

Under the direction of the physicians, the clinic nurse ensures the provision of high quality, well coordinated medical care within the clinic setting. They will perform clinical nursing duties.

Hours of Work: 36-40 hours per week, full-time, Monday to Friday
Status: Non-unionized
Review: Yearly on anniversary date

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Duties

• Perform clinical nursing duties with integrity, quality and under the clinical supervision of the physicians.
• Coordinate the flow of patient care within the clinic.
• Conduct nursing assessments on patients brough to the exam room, this may include but not limited to: wound care, pregnancy tests, injections, blood pressure checks, urine tests, immunizations, weight and height checks, complete set of vital signs.
• Assist and facilitate patients in obtaining medical services, including scheduling patients as appropriate, triaging patients, and assessing patients who walked into the clinic seeking services.
• Take and record vital signs, recognize any variances, outliners and red flags, and take appropriate action.
• Provide patient triage and assessment and obtain health information and relevant data.
• Perform in clinic patient screening tests and record in chart.
• Administer IM/ID/SQ, injections, and oral medications as ordered by the physicians.
• Fill in vital patient information on SOAP note which can include and is not limited to preparing patients to be seen by the clinic practitioner, taking patient history, determination of chief complaint, and providing patient education.
• Provide case management for patients with diabetes, INR monitoring, palliative care patients, and others as required.

Clinic Administration:

• Under the direction of the physicians, plan and implement clinic policies, procedures, and workflow.
• Ensure compliance with the privacy act as outlined by the confidentiality agreement of the Prince Edward County Family Health Team.
• As needed, review and update clinic forms to maintain compliance with relevant local, Provincial, and Federal law.
• Oversees all aspects of the management of clinic equipment including maintenance and ordering of clinic inventory, medications, and supplies.
• Maintain immunization inventory.
• Coordinate monthly, weekly, and daily schedules of the physicians.
• Order medical supplies as required by the clinic.
• Ensure rooms are adequately stocked and checked on a weekly basis.
• Able to easily manage and become a supersuer of the Accurro EMR.

Qualifications:

• RPN license to practice in the province of Ontario.
• Must have at least one year working as a nurse.

Have the following employable skills:

• Fundamental skills:
  • Communication: Read and understand information, write and speak clearly, listen and ask questions to understand and appreciate other’s viewpoint, share information using a range of modalities,
  • Manage information: Locate, gather, and organize information, apply knowledge and skills,
  • Use numbers: observe and record data in patient chart,
  • Think and solve problems: Assess situations and identify problems, be creative and innovative in exploring possible solutions, recognize the human, interpersonal, technical, and scientific dimensions of a problem.

• Personal management skills:
  • Demonstrate positive attitude and behaviours while at work.
  • Be responsible in the workplace.
  • Be adaptable and work independently in the workplace.
  • Show a commitment to lifeline learning.
  • Work safety.
• Teamwork skills:
  • Demonstrate an ability to work with others in a sometimes high stress environment.
  • Participate in projects and tasks at work.

How to Apply:

Please send your resume to: [email protected]

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