Home and Community Care RPN

Job Duties:

• Defines program priorities and develop and implement related strategies.
• Ensure that the services provided meet the needs of clients through ongoing program monitoring, and consultation with clients, community members and leaders.
• Conducts program evaluations and identifies any areas of concern and makes related recommendations to the Health Director and HCC RN Supervisor.
• Develops and maintains a system for data collection and record keeping.
• Prepares statistics reports for the Health Director on a quarterly basis and/or as needed.
• Contributes to the development and review of the service delivery plan.
• Ensure the program is meeting the mandatory essential services elements of the FNIHB funded Home and Community Care Program including writing mandatory reports and/or appropriate proposal development.
• Works closely with a team of Personal Support Workers (PSWs), and other healthcare professionals in the program.
• Conducts home visits and assessment of clients needs; creates a care plan for the PSWs to follow in the community setting.
• Provides ongoing administrative and clinical supervision, guidance, and support to Community PSWs and ensures optimal level of service delivery is being maintained.
• Assists with the selection of new staff, and provides orientation and training, identifies staff training needs, and makes related recommendations to the Health Director and Nursing Director.
• Creates training plans and contributes to ensuring clinical competencies are met.
• Provides in-home, client-centered nursing services to community members.
• Assesses client needs and develop goal-based, client-centered client care plans; Care plans for the Community PSW as well as Nursing and Case Management care plans.
• In-home nursing services may include but are not limited to the following: Acute care nursing (ex. Complex dressings, injections), wound management, medication monitoring, managing chronic diseases, foot care, therapeutic diet support and teaching clients to care for themselves.
• Networks and maintains relationships with medical professionals in the Community, the Chief and Council, and other stakeholders.
• Consults and collaborates with the Long-Term Care (LTC) Nursing regarding clients, staff, and other matters.
• Consults with and/or make referrals to healthcare professionals and the Health program (ex. IRS, Mental Health, Crisis) as needed.
• Consult with the individual Health Canada (HC) nursing station staff in RN assistance required at the community level as per the development of the Memo of Understanding (MOU) with HC.
• Attends meetings related to Home and Community Care of as requested by community Health Director and provides verbal reports when requested.
• Establish linkages with other organizations and/or individuals for the program.
• Attends workshops, training, and other professional development initiatives to ensure nursing skills remain current.
• Prepares written quarterly and year-end reports.
• Perform other duties requested.

Knowledge and Skills:

• A Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Two years of experience providing nursing care in-home or in a community setting an asset.
• Skills and experience in adult education and training.
• Foot care course would be an asset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Ability to speak Oji-Cree or Ojibway an asset.
• Basic computer literacy skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel to the isolated communities.
• Awareness or working with Unregulated Health Workers; Transfer/Delegation of skills, processes, and requirements.

Submit Resume and Cover Letter in Confidence to:

Ola Udensi, Home & Community Care Nurse Lead

Shibogama First Nations Council

P.O. Box 449, 81 King Street

Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A5

olau@shib.ca