JOB TITLE:
HART Hub RPN (2 Roles)
PROGRAM AREA: Integrated Programs (HART Hub)
Contract Length: Ongoing
Hours per week: 35 hours per week
What We Live By:
Our Vision: A community without barriers to health and wellbeing.
Our Mission: We work with our community to promote and sustain health and wellbeing for all.
Our Values: Compassion, Social Justice, Courage, Integrity, Adaptability.
Guelph Community Health Centre prioritizes people who face barriers to health and accessing services, and people who identify as:
Homeless or at risk of homelessness
Living on low income
Newcomers to Canada with language barriers
Having moderate to severe mental health and/or addiction issues
Having moderate to severe disabilities
Indigenous First Nations, Inuit and Métis
Black, mixed race and racialized populations
Experiencing intersectional oppression
2SLGBTQIA+
Vulnerable children and their families experiencing conflict, isolation or attachment struggles
Program Description:
The Guelph-Wellington HART Hub is an integrated and interdisciplinary primary care and social service program that provides continuous stage-matched care to individuals seeking treatment, recovery, and access to permanent housing. The services offered at the HART Hub include primary care and acute episodic healthcare, mental healthcare and treatment, addictions care and treatment, and housing services for adults and youth (age 16 and older) living in Guelph and Wellington County and who are members of our priority populations.
Reporting to the Supervisor, the HART Registered Practical Nurse
will provide support and education to individuals accessing the HART Hub services. They will use their unique personal and lived experiences to build positive relationships and connections with clients. They will work with individuals
along the substance use continuum and will act as an integral part of the team providing wrap around care for clients.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Registered Practical Nurse, member of the Ontario College of Nurses
Experience working with people along the substance use continuum
Experience supporting clients with high levels of complexity related to their physical health, mental health, substance use and access to basic needs
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Strong ability to work with and build rapport with members of our priority populations
Understanding of Indigenous Cultural Safety principles and trauma-informed care.
Ability to create and maintain clear professional boundaries with people.
High level of confidentiality.
Principal Job Duties:
Works as part of an integrated care team
Works at the top of scope of RPN practice
Provides safe administration of medications and immunizations, venipuncture, disinfection/sterilization of equipment and environment, client education and assists practitioners as requested.
Triage clients to prioritize urgent needs
Ensures adequate supply of common medications and medical supplies
Perform phlebotomy and collection of other specimens for testing
Wound care
Support crisis intervention, code response, and de-escalation
on site, as required
We know that experience comes in many forms. If you have some of these qualities and are excited about this opportunity, then we want to hear from you. Please visit our website www.guelphchc.ca and apply using the online application tool. In your application, please include a resume and cover letter outlining how your skills, qualifications, and experience meet the position requirements.
Guelph Community Health Centre is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including individuals from priority populations who may identify as 2SLGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals, and members of Black and other racialized communities.
We thank, in advance, those who apply, but will contact only those who qualify for interviews.
If at any stage in the selection process you require accommodation, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.
We require that all finalist applicants undergo a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screen through their local Police Services Branch prior to start date.
