Outreach Nurse

SUMMARY OF THE POSITION

Person who assumes responsibility for a range of nursing care activities based on the bio‑psycho‑social needs of assigned users or groups of people. She/he assesses users’ state of health, determines and ensures the implementation of nursing care and treatment plans for users with complex health problems and/or various bio‑psycho‑social dimensions. She/he provides nursing and medical care and treatment to maintain health, restore health and prevent disease. She/he can prescribe laboratory analyses, treatments, products, medication and dressings in the fields of wound care, public health and routine care according to the regulations in force.

She/he designs, applies and evaluates care programs requiring advanced knowledge, aimed at complex health problems and/or involving various bio‑psycho‑social dimensions. She/he participates in the development or adaptation of clinical and quality‑of‑care assessment tools, coordinates teamwork and plays an advisory role with colleagues and the interdisciplinary team.

• Contribute to the ongoing effort to maintain access to respiratory virus vaccination and screening;
• Ensure that access to STBBI screening and treatment can be maintained;
• Being an active member of an interdisciplinary team;
• Support and strengthen families to promote the optimal health and development in all age groups;

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS

Outreach and partnership

• Contribute to develop and maintain partnership with community‑based entities.
• Participate and organize workshops and activities about various health topics.
• Collaborate with partners, provide and conduct at least 2 outreach outings weekly where services are provided to the community outside the CMC walls.
• Focus on building trust relationships with youth and provide them with support, solutions, resources and promote participation to traditional and land‑based programming.
• Support and strengthen families to promote the optimal health and development in all age groups.

Screening and treatment

• Provide access to various infectious diseases screening and testing (STBBI, respiratory viruses and MADO), do the counseling, interpret results, conduct contact tracing and investigation and offer appropriate treatment and recommendation.
• Contribute to the implementation and the use of specific screening devices such as ID now, GenXpert and ionic nebuliser.
• Contribute to the deployment and implementation of populational screening strategies related to infectious diseases.
• Support the CMC current services in:
• Managing and monitoring cases of contagious tuberculosis.
• Managing and monitoring people in close contact with these cases.
• Support the follow‑up of MADO and deliver the treatment to the social network of the index case, in collaboration with region 17.
• Coordinate and support local team into continuous access to respiratory viruses vaccination.
• Provide spontaneous support to immunisation programmes: vaccination of workers, influenza campaign, school vaccination and others.
• Provide support for post‑exposure immunisation against rabies.
• Update files and SI‑PMI.

Outbreak management and Emergency response

• Collaborate with local team and community‑based partners to lead outbreak management response or play any role requested by regional Public Health team to respond to a public health threat, known or emerging.

Other

• May provide support for blood testing upon approval from the management team.
• Excellent communication skills in an educational/teaching context.
• Ability to work effectively within a multicultural and interdisciplinary team.
• Respect for Cree culture and traditions.
• Strong ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships.
• Position located in the community of Whapmagoostui, with the possibility of relocation within the Eeyou Istchee territory depending on organizational needs.
• All public health department staff may be temporarily mobilised in the event of a public health emergency.

REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Member in good standing of the O.I.I.Q.
• Must have Bachelor of Science in Nursing or an undergraduate degree consisting of three (3) admissible certificates, of which two (2) are accredited certificates in Nursing.
• INSPQ training "The STI screening intervention – the nurse's contribution" is (training may be done after the start of the assignment) (an asset).
• Be familiar with the Tuberculosis Professional Practice Guide.
• Must have relevant clinical experience in public health.

Experience

• Two (2) years of experience as a nurse.
• Must have relevant clinical experience in public health.
• Experience with a First Nation clientele (an asset).
• Must have experience in outreach and providing care outside of a clinical setting.
• Experience in a remote area.

Language

• Fluent in English and in French.
• Fluency in Cree is an asset.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Temporary

Job function

• Health Care Provider
• Public Health

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