Job Summary and Qualifications:

Position Summary

As a key member of the Sunnybrook Academic Family Health Team, and an integral part of our interdisciplinary health care team, you will deliver outpatient nursing care in accordance with professional practice standards.

You will deliver services to a variety of patient populations including high-risk groups suffering from chronic diseases and/or complex bio-psycho-social concerns. You will also provide health education to our patients with a focus on health promotion, disease prevention, and chronic disease management.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Assess patient health care needs (physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual) to identify appropriate nursing interventions from a primary health care perspective

Triage patient calls to assist with patient scheduling and the efficient delivery of primary care services

• Analyze findings of health assessments

• Interpret patient health records

• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions

• Collect data through therapeutic relationships with patients

Treatment/Management

• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician/nurse practitioner

• Administer vaccinations

• Vital signs / Blood pressure assessments

• TB skin tests

Education/Advocacy

• Help patients to identify and use health resources, including those available in the community.

• Involve patients in decisions about their own health

• Encourage patients to take action for their own health

• Initiate health education and other activities that assist, promote and support patients as they strive to achieve the highest possible level of health

Referrals/Collaboration

• Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary team to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families

• Consult and interact with other service providers as needed

Administration/Reporting

• Coordinate and expedite patient flow by triage

• Handle patient phone calls, provide telephone advice, and arrange for follow-up appointments as necessary

• Collect accurate and comprehensive patient-related information and documenting

same in the Family Health Team EMR - Telus Practice Solutions (PSS)

• Participate in Quality Improvement Initiatives

• Operate and monitor medical apparatus or equipment and ensure strict adherence to

sterilization procedures

• Handle and dispose of specimens.

• Practice general safety procedures at all times

• Monitor supply levels and/or expiration of medical and clinic supplies, and order

supplies as needed from approved vendors

Job Requirements:

• Registration in good standing with the Ontario College of nurses

• Primary Health Care experience required / Outpatient clinic experience required

• • Excellent oral / written skills
  • Strong clinical skills
  • Ability to adapt to changing clinical situations
  • Autonomous and able to function with minimal supervision (after training)
  • Ability to work effectively with all members of the inter-professional team
  • Ability to prioritize, manage time effectively and be flexible in a very active work

  environment

  • Experience with EMRs - Telus Practice Solutions experience is required