McKesson requires new employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as defined by Health Canada, subject to applicable, verified accommodation requests.

Job Summary

Position is responsible for providing professional nursing care to individuals including the intravenous or injection administration of specialty pharmaceutical products. The nurse will help to promote patient health by completing health assessments prior to treatment, reviews patient files and collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary team members as required. The end goal is to provide medical therapies or self-administration teaching to patients in clinic, home or virtual setting.

The nurse uses critical thinking, therapeutic communication and clinical decision making skills to assess, plan, implement, educate and evaluate the patients’ health situation throughout their treatment therapy.

Primary Address' : Orangeville, ON, CAN - 150 Rolling Hills Drive, Suite 155, Orangeville Clinic & Brampton, ON, CAN - 195 County Court BLVD, Suite 202, Brampton Clinic

Specific Responsibilities

• Review patient files to understand patient’s history.
• Assess the health status of patients using a pre-screening process that covers contraindications, objective and subjective data, to determine eligibility in receiving medical therapies.
• Handle and reconstitute specialty pharmaceuticals as per manufacturer product monograph and Heath Canada guidelines.
• Follow cold chain requirements for medication as per INVIVA policies and procedures and the manufacturers recommendation.
• As required, insertion of peripheral intravenous or establishing access via central lines based on best practice standards.
• Follow patient specific medical directives for administration and treatment of adverse events.
• Provide monitoring during and post medication administration.
• Follow all INVIVA policies and procedures.
• Report adverse events in accordance with manufacturer specific requirements, Health Canada and INVIVA policies and procedures.
• Develop patient care plan.
• Promote patient independence for self-injection when required by answering questions and teaching patients to understand their condition and medication.
• Document patient care services and managing records in accordance with INVIVA policies and procedures.
• Maintain knowledge of medical therapies as per manufacturer’s Product Monograph.
• Participate in drug and clinic audits upon request.
• Actively participate in training and mentoring of new clinic staff.
• Complete training as required by INVIVA on products and services, policies and procedures, technology, quality assurance and communications.
• Maintain quality, safety and infection control standards to ensure safe nursing practice.

General Responsibilities

Formal Education

Requirements

Key Competencies

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please

Our Base Pay Range for this position

30.31 - $50.51