About Radius Community Health & Healing (formerly Boyle McCauley Health Centre)

Radius Community Health & Healing provides interdisciplinary, team based, integrated, comprehensive, and person-centered primary health care for vulnerable Edmontonians with complex needs.  Through primary care and health promotion, Radius Community Health & Healing improves the quality of life and well-being of populations and individuals who face multiple barriers to accessing health services. Radius achieves this by providing the highest standard of evidence-informed and client focused inter-professional care. We collaborate with our clients to address the broad determinants of health.

Within Radius Community Health & Healing, the SCS (Supervised Consumption Service) is part of a range of evidence-based services that support prevention, harm reduction and treatment for Albertans living with substance use. SCS provides a place where people can use drugs in a monitored, hygienic environment to reduce harm from substance use while offering wrap-around services such as counselling, social work and referrals to housing and treatment (e.g., opioid-dependency treatment, detox) and works collaboratively with the rest of Radius to provide individualized services to meet service user's needs. 

Position: Casual

Job Description

Radius Licensed Practical Nurses are a vital component of the Team Based care at Radius.   Clinical teams of nurses, physicians, nurse practitioners, medical office assistants, outreach workers, health advocates, mental health therapists, and other professionals offer comprehensive, wrap-around care to Edmonton’s most marginalized population. Nursing staff are required to work to full-scope of practice within a primary health care setting to serve all aspects of client needs. LPNs are leaders and independent practitioners at Radius, working collaboratively to ensure high quality care, continuity of health services, and all possible social and medical supports for clients.

Within the SCS, the LPN will provide direct client care to program participants accessing the consumption site. Emphasis will be placed on forming relationships with clients, establishing rapport, supervising and monitoring substance use, and assisting and treating potential signs of overdose as clinically indicated. The SCS LPN will also be responsible for medical interventions within SCS – primarily the reversal of drug poisonings, but also incidental medical concerns that are brought up by SCS clientele. SCS staff will also facilitate the connection of clients between the SCS and all programs at Radius, with the goal of allowing the client to move along the spectrum of care towards recovery.    

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a quiet, safe space for service users
• Build relationships with service users 
• Provide referrals to support services
• Provide education and counseling on safer drug use, harm reduction, and sexual health
• Provide overdose prevention education, and Naloxone training for take home Naloxone kits
• Manage drug poisoning emergencies within scope of practice for an LPN and Radius medical direction
• Assist the nurse with monitoring of service users, and bring medical concerns to their attention

Qualifications

• Current registration, in good standing, with CLPNA
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP)
• Mandatory vulnerable sector check and suitable criminal record check
• Knowledge and operation of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
• Able to balance numerous demands and conflicting priorities, strong problem-solving skills
• Knowledge and experience working with both diverse and vulnerable populations
• Working with a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of trauma informed care and social determinants of health
• A kind, non-judgmental approach to working with service users and ability to work within a harm reduction model of care
• Ability to demonstrate patience and understanding for those with addictions and behavioral disorders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applicable to the position (social work, psychology, sociology, addictions counseling, criminal justice, ext.)
• Mental health, addictions, emergency and/or harm reduction experience
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention training
• Mental Health First Aid and Applied Suicide Intervention Training 
• Knowledge of problems encountered by Indigenous people in using health care services
• Knowledge and experience surrounding homelessness
• Knowledge of social support services available in Edmonton and surrounding areas
• Ability to lift up to 20kg may be required 

Skills and Competencies

• Able to balance numerous demands and conflicting priorities, strong problem-solving skills
• Be able to work both co-operatively within a multidisciplinary team, and also independently in a self-directed and accountable manner 
• Ability to demonstrate patience and understanding for those with addictions and behavioral disorders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Has a good understanding of trauma-informed care, and must be able to operate within a harm reduction model of care 

At Radius, we’re committed to enhancing our employees' well-being with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both personal and professional growth. Radius offers:

• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP): All employees have access to confidential counseling and access to a wide range of resources for personal and professional challenges. Our EAP is here to support your overall well-being.
• Benefits available to all permanent, full-time employees after a defined waiting period:
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits: Premiums are fully covered by Radius
• Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, and Critical Illness Coverage: Mandatory enrollment, employees are responsible to pay premiums.
• Lifestyle Spending Account: Wide variety of options available to spend an annual allowance
• Group Retirement Savings Plan

Equal Opportunity Employer

Radius Community Health and Healing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment where all employees are respected and valued. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply and join our team, and we are committed  to providing equal opportunities for all qualified applicants. Accommodations for applicants with disabilities will be provided upon request.

Land Acknowledgement

Radius respectfully acknowledge that we are located within Treaty 6 territory, and Metis Nation of Alberta Region 4. We acknowledge this land as the traditional home for many Indigenous Peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Metis, Nakota Sioux, Dene, Saulteaux, Anishinaabe, Inuit, and many others whose history, languages, and cultures continue to influence our vibrant community.