Registered Nurse (RN) - Refugee Clinic

Role : Registered Nurse (RN) - Refugee Clinic

Salary : $34.20 - $40.35 CAD per year

The Specialized Clinical Refugee Health Team, funded by Ontario Health, provides comprehensive, culturally safe, and trauma-informed primary care and wraparound supports for refugees and refugee claimants with complex health and social needs. Care is delivered at WellFort two sites and through outreach to community locations where refugees are being housed, including hotels, in partnership with settlement agencies and local health providers.

The RN assists in the delivery of primary care services and promotes healthy lifestyle choices for the residents of the community. The RN provides holistic care and acts as an entry point into the broader health or social service system including :

• Assist the health care team to plan and evaluate programs and develop or initiate health teaching, screening programs or workshops by identifying health needs of individual clients, families and community groups.
• Perform clinical tasks by conducting nursing assessments, health education / counselling, history taking, performing specific procedures according to the College of Nurses of Ontario standards of nursing practice and providing follow-up care.
• Participate in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of treatment, education, counselling, and health promotion services for individuals, families, and the community.

Health Promotion and Education

Advocacy and Community Development

Administration & Others

Degree in nursing from a recognized college or university.

WellFort is an inclusive and equitable employer. We encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including but not limited to Indigenous peoples, racialized individuals, 2SLGBTQIA+ persons, persons with disabilities, and people with lived experience of poverty, homelessness, or systemic marginalization.

Requests for accommodation due to disability can be made at any stage in the recruitment process.

VACCINATION REQUIREMENT

As a condition of employment, new WellFort staff must be fully vaccinated unless they have received an exemption from vaccination under the Human Rights Code. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination status will be required before the first day of work or, proof of religious or medical exemption, if or where applicable.

Fully vaccinated is defined as having received the completed series of an accepted COVID-19 vaccine, as recommended by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health and having received the final dose at least 14 days before your employment start date.

The candidate will be asked to provide WellFort with proof of full vaccination, prior to their employment start date. Acceptable proof is a Ministry of Health Dose Administration Receipt (or such other proof of vaccination that the Province of Ontario sanctions). This can be obtained through the Provincial portal https : / / covid-19.ontario.ca / get-proof / (link is external).

The requirement to be fully vaccinated is subject to the Ontario Human Rights Code. If the candidate is unable to vaccinate for a reason protected by the Code, a request for accommodation can be requested and written proof satisfactory to the organization will be required.

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