Visiting Nurse Practitioner; NP

Wasauksing First Nation is accepting applications for a Visiting Visiting Nurse Practitioner. Under administrative direction and within the scope of practice a Visiting Nurse Practitioner, they are responsible for the provision of primary healthcare and supervision of the WFN nursing staff within the clinics located in Henvey Inlet, Magnetawan and Shawanaga First Nations. The Visiting Nurse Practitioner assesses and diagnoses client health for acute illnesses;

supports clients to manage chronic illnesses; ensures referral if needed for all unattached clients. The Visiting Nurse Practitioner works with the client; other practitioners within three communities to promote healthy lifestyles and disease prevention. The Visiting Nurse Practitioner collaborates and consults with members of an interdisciplinary teams to address issues experienced by clients and within the community, and situations that are outside their scope of practice or exceed their knowledge and/or skill.

The Visiting Nurse Practitioner’s practice is guided by the College of Nurses, Standards of Nursing Practice (NP), and the Registered Health Professions Act.

• Provide ongoing primary health care to clients, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referral for specialists or out-of-scope circumstances, and complete minor procedures
• Order and interpret investigative screenings and tests to aid in diagnosis and treatment
• Provide counselling, education and follow-up with clients to treat and manage illnesses
• Determine the presence of existing and potential health problems with a focus on lifestyle, psychological, socio-cultural and environmental risk factors that may influence the client’s health status
• Complete client medical record within the electronic medical records database in an accurate and timely manner
• Collaborate and consult with physicians to address circumstances outside of their scope of practice or exceeding their knowledge and skill
• Collaborates with providers (both in-house and external) and clients to ensure management, referrals and information sharing to maintain the client’s continuity of care

• Monitor the ongoing therapy of clients with chronic, stable illness by providing pharmacological, complementary and counselling interventions
• Prescribe therapies to manage the chronic illness

• Support clients and their families to take increased responsibility for their health by involving them in risk factor and health problem identification, goal setting and the choice of interventions for disease treatment, prevention and health promotion
• Implement strategies to promote health and prevent disease with individuals, families and groups
• Synthesize information from individual clients to identify broader implications for health within the family and the community

• Participate in and promote the interdisciplinary provider model
• Provide consultation services to community groups, agencies and IIPCT staff
• Assist in the development and evaluation of policies, protocols and procedures to improve services to clients and to promote cooperative and efficient staff communications
• Assist in the development, planning and evaluation of treatment, education, counselling and health promotion programs
• Prepare statistical reports for reporting and evaluation purposes

• Engage in professional development to maintain current skills and knowledge to work to the scope of the position
• Assist in the development and implementation of the organization's quality improvement initiatives
• Network with partner agencies to improve practices, enhance services and move forward shared initiatives relevant to the position

• Oversee the operations of nursing within the assigned clinical team
• Complete performance evaluation on all assigned registered staff (does not necessarily include-contracted nursing staff for specific assignments)
• Review with the Director of Health-any and all contractual agreements regarding EMR (Telus);
  Referrals Apps (OCEAN); concerns and issues-impacting care (consultation with DOH)
• Ensure prompt and accurate reports on clinic staff through HR Bamboo
• Provide assistance and consult with DOH on…