Nurse 2 – Provincial Health Contact Centre

Job title: Nurse 2 – Provincial Health Contact Centre

Company: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Job description: Requisition ID: 238641

Position Number: 20056104

Posting End Date: Open Until Filled

City: Winnipeg

Site: Misericordia Health Centre

Work Location: Provincial Health Contact Centre

Department / Unit: After Hours Central Intake

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MNU-002

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 0.40

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $35.669, $36.914, $38.163, $39.464, $40.736, $42.056

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

Answers calls 24 hours/day, 7 days/week performing assessments and providing clinical support services. Provides professional assessment of callers need(s), basic health related information, assistance with decision making related to need for professional health care, including appropriate care level and urgency, assistance with resource identification / referral and follow-up. Uses education, experience, approved written protocols / criteria and the nursing process to provide service. Documents demographic data and caller encounter on the electronic health record. Understands and practices principles of client empowerment and health promotion. Intake Nurse processes new home care program nursing referrals from community sources such as physicians, walk-in clinics, outpatient departments, hospitals out-of-of province or country for Manitobans who have received health care in Manitoba. After Hours Nurse provides home care nurses with assistance with problem solving concerning operational and clinical issues after hours.

Experience

• A minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of relevant clinical experience in a community setting required.
• Previous related work experience in Home Care environment an asset.
• Experience working in a protocol driven environment.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Graduate of an approved Registered Nursing education program required.
• It is recommended that, at minimum, staff possess the Family & Friends category of training.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Responsible for maintaining and providing proof of registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM).
• Active participation in professional associations e.g. Association of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (ARNM) preferred.

Qualifications and Skills

• Fluency in English required, in French desired, and other languages an asset.Computer skills required.
• Scope of practice as documented in the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication and advanced triage and assessment skills required.
• Ability to quickly establish good rapport with callers, while accepting limitations, setting and maintaining boundaries needed.
• Must display a non-judgmental, caring and supportive attitude and understand the reality of being an ambassador for the WRHA, Misericordia Health Centre, the PHCC and the nursing profession.

Physical Requirements

• Physical health to meet the requirements of the position.

The Collective Agreement this position is covered under, is identified by the Union noted above. As a result of The Health Sector Bargaining Unit Review Act, the bargaining agent for this position may differ from the Union identified. In the event you have any questions, please contact your site Human Resources Department.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Expected salary:

Location: Winnipeg, MB

Job date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:50:30 GMT