DISPENSARY NURSE

Job Description

PERMANENT FULL-TIME

DEPARTMENT:  Mobile – Home care – Chishaayiyuu (657137)
WORK LOCATION: Eastmain
UNION: FIQ
STATUS: 1 Permanent Full-Time
HOURLY SALARY:  Min. (1) $25.25 – Max. (18) $45.22

 

SUMMARY OF THE POSITION:

Person at an outpost or dispensary in a locality covered by the provisions on regional disparities, who, in addition to his regular duties as a nurse, does patient assessments that allow a doctor to make a diagnosis at a distance and determine the appropriate interventions. Also is required to carry out actions and interventions that are generally reserved to doctors in other work environments.

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS:

Chishaayiyuu

The Chishaayiyuu Life cycle service components aim at providing health and social services for prevention, care, rehabilitation and support of adults aged 30 and over, as well as individuals of all ages suffering from chronic disease. This includes services for chronic conditions such as, but not limited to, diabetes, hypertension and renal disease. Services are given where it is best suited in accordance with the clients’ needs. The Chishaayiyuu nurse works in a multidisciplinary approach.

Home care

Home Care services aim at providing health and social services for prevention, care, rehabilitation and support of individuals of all ages suffering from conditions that are facilitated through home services. This includes services for conditions such as, but not limited to palliative care. Services are given where it is best suited in accordance with the clients’ needs. The Home Care nurse works in a multidisciplinary approach.

The mobile nurse will work in both the Chishaayiyuu and Home Care Programs according to the needs determined by the immediate supervisor.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

• ·     Member in good standing of the O.I.I.Q1;

Experience:

• ·     Three (3) years of experience as a nurse including:
• ·     One (1) year of experience in critical care or

• ·     Two (2) years of experience at the CBHSSJB

Language:

• ·     Fluent in English;
• ·     Fluency in Cree or French is an asset;

Other:

• ·     This position includes on-call periods for the current services;
• ·     Includes extended role functions;
• ·     Must detain a valid drivers licence
• ·     A skill-based test may be required.

Nurses who have followed the extended role training and have not successfully completed this training are excluded from this posting.  However, the nurse who demonstrates a minimum one-year of new acute care experience since the training may request a reconsideration of this exclusion.

 

OTHER DETAILS:

Posting start/end date:  2020-07-11/2020-07-25
Shift type:  Day
Positions available:  1
Hours per day/week:  7.25/36.25
Lodging provided:  Yes

 

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply, please forward your resume to:

Cree Board of Health & Social Services of James Bay
Tel: 514-861-5955 Fax: 514-989-7495
Email: jobs.reg18@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

With your application, please make sure to specify the PR and the Job title on which you wish to
apply. We thank all candidates who apply, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Note 1: In accordance with various Sections of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA), the organization has the objective of staffing all of its positions with qualified and competent beneficiaries of the JBNQA.

1 Bachelor’s nursing degree holders will be paid according to the 1911 job title