Job description
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Meet with NIC daily for daily job assignment – as duties will fluctuate to meet needs at the nursing station.
- Assist the NIC and nurses with admin duties as directed.
- Assist health team with Covid 19 related clinical test.
- Assist health team with Covid 19 related administrative work (filing etc).
- Complete Covid 19 rapid testing (GeneXpert & ID Now).
- Pharmacy room checks of all meds including expiry dates reporting to NIC.
- Weekly quality control, and stock equipment checks with all orders signed off by NIC.
- Assist the nurses and medical staff with Phlebotomy. Ensure blood work is done in a timely manner with the overall goal of eliminating waitlists for bloodwork testing.
- Assist the nurses in prenatal, maternal, well baby, childcare, and preventative health care clinics.
- Conduct height, weight, glucose testing, and urine collections before clients see medical professionals.
- Conduct screening for common health problems like dental, vision, hearing tests and head lice.
- Provide promotion for the activities and services provided by the Deer Lake Health Team in partnership with the nursing station.
- Create and keep current yearly program activity plans outlining long and short-term program goals, and how implementation will be achieved.
- Complete actions as indicated in the activity plan.
- Obtain daily assignments from NIC, complete weekly reports signed off by NIC and submitted to KO Nursing Management (refer to appendix “A”)
- Prepare weekly, written activity reports and submit to NIC.
- Attend staff training as required.
- Perform other related duties as required by NIC and KO Nursing Management.
- Flexibility to do overtime as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Registered Practical Nurse Diploma
- In good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
- Preferable experience working in the rural isolated nursing post
- Phlebotomy trained
- Computer skills
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Ability to speak Oji-Cree will be an asset
- Maintain patient confidentiality
- Enjoy working with people of all ages & backgrounds
- Empathy for and understanding of the actions and feelings of people who are unwell
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