Registered Nurse – Substance Use & Mental Health

Benefits

• Extended Health and Dental benefits including Life, AD&D and LTD
• Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid time off (vacation, sick and personal days)
• Professional development time and funds

South Riverdale Community Health Centre is a non‑profit, multi‑service organization that provides primary healthcare, social and community outreach services with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention primarily to people of East Toronto. Our mission is to improve the lives of people that face barriers to physical, mental, spiritual and social well‑being. We do so by meaningfully engaging our clients and communities, ensuring equitable access to primary health care and delivering quality care through a range of evidence informed programs, services and approaches.

As a leader in community health, our locally and internationally recognized community services include cutting‑edge primary health services, health promotion, harm reduction, environmental health, community food centre and population‑based community programs for marginalized peoples. We value health equity and inclusion and respect in our work and in the delivery of our services.

The Registered Nurse – SU&MH provides nursing support across teams within the SU&MH department. This position will be responsible for conducting screening and intake assessments for potential clients, providing primary care, wound care, system navigation/co‑ordination, health education, and overdose response as required. This position will work collaboratively with other interdisciplinary team members, health care professionals/service providers, partners and service users in the identification and resolution of health issues and integration of care.

This position will be required to work some flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends and will also be involved in outreach work. Working onsite is required.

• Complete intake and assessments as necessary e.g. health histories, psychosocial, functional and family status, and physical assessments such as wound assessments, both in order to establish a plan of care within nursing scope of practice and to connect service users to additional services
• Assess and manage episodic and chronic conditions commonly seen in primary health care
• Seek out opportunities to provide supportive counseling, education and referrals to services within and outside of SRCHC
• Provide supportive education and counselling which may include preventative counseling, brief supportive counseling, or short‑term crisis management when indicated
• Assess the need for prescriptions, laboratory and diagnostic tests within the RN scope of practice
• Dispense medication to service users as per medical directives and as delegated by health Centre physicians and nurse practitioners
• Work with service users to identify health issues and develop a plan of care
• Work within an interdisciplinary team setting, under the guidance of Medical Directives, or in consultation with other SRCHC primary care providers or other relevant inter‑professional team members as appropriate
• Respond to medical emergencies as required, including overdose events
• Develop rapport with service users and maintain therapeutic relationships within professional boundaries
• Work collaboratively with other staff team members, participate in inter‑disciplinary case conferences and team meetings, as required by SRCHC, and collegially share information, and demonstrate and/or provide guidance on clinical/health related tasks
• Participate in clinical care at off‑site locations/partner agencies as required
• Plan and facilitate health education workshops/groups in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members
• Provide harm reduction information to service users and ensure safe disposal of used equipment in accordance with established protocols
• Incorporate health promotion and harm reduction strategies and recognize the determinants of health, as well as the social and structural inequities that create the conditions of the social determinants of health
• De‑scalate conflict with or among participants, according to established protocols
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