Public Health Nurse - Family Health

Job Description

Join our diverse team and be part of our vision. Think big. Channel your creativity. Make a difference.

• Regular Full-Time (MCC)
• Contract Full-Time (Reproductive Health; Duration: 13 months)

$ 46.00 to $54.59 per hour as per the collective agreement

Hybrid
* see below for more details about this work mode.

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday (May require evenings, weekends and statutory holidays availability based on operational needs)

7120 Hurontario Street, Mississauga, ON

In Family Health, our work focuses on healthy growth and development in the early years. We design and deliver programs and services that support children and families to build a strong foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing. We aim to reduce disparities and improve the health status of the population. Our Family Health charter guides not only our work in the Family Health division but also the behaviours that we believe are important.

Our charter serves as our “north star” as we make decisions to adjust our programs and services to meet changing client needs, describes to others what we do and ensures we are all working together, in the same direction, to reach our vision.

• Applies knowledge regarding concepts of population health status, inequities in health, determinants of health, and strategies for health protection and promotion to guide practice
• Applies public health and nursing sciences to practice and synthesize knowledge from a broad range of theories, models and frameworks
• Provides health information, teaching and counselling to individuals, groups, families, and communities
• Uses a holistic approach to assess the health status of clients, recognizes that a health issue or concern exists, and considers the impact of the determinants of health
• Recognizes patterns and trends in epidemiological data and service delivery
• Identifies relevant and appropriate sources of information including community assets, resources and values in collaboration with individuals, families, groups and communities
• Identifies and analyzes how clients' culture, attitudes, beliefs and feelings about health influences health behaviours and interventions
• Establishes mutually determined goals with clients, including outcome indicators and evaluative measures
• Supports clients to identify risks to health and make informed choices about protective, preventative and health promoting measures
• Facilitates client engagement in identifying and defining health issues using community development and community assessment skills
• Participates in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of community wide and site-specific public health strategies using an Evidence Informed Decision-Making process and the identified health needs of the client
• Advocates for and contributes to the development of healthy public policy
• Collaborates with partners to identify and address public health issues and service gaps to achieve improved health outcomes
• Develops, fosters and facilitates intersect oral partnerships and networks using team building, negotiation, conflict management and group facilitation
• Acts as a change agent to impact the determinants of health and improve health outcomes
• Engages clients to identify assets, strengths and available resources, to take action to address health inequities, needs, deficits and gaps
• Promotes equitable access to health and related services and collaborates with communities on social justice related issues
• Demonstrates a commitment to diversity,…