Community Health Nurse
- Employer
- Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte
- Location
- Deseronto, Ontario
- Salary
- RN $78,565 to $81, 275
- Closing date
- Sep 27, 2022
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- Discipline
- Public Health Nurse
- Work Setting
- Hospital / Health Centre
- Area of Practice
- Education, Maternal / Newborn, Public Health
- Hours
- Full-time
Using the standards of promoting health, building individual/community capacity, building professional relationships, facilitating access and equity, and maintaining professional responsibility and accountability, the Community Health Nurse provides health education independently and in conjunction with other service providers either by group or individual. Mandatory programming (vaccine preventable diseases/immunizations and communicable disease control) Maternal and newborn health (prenatal/postnatal) School health Adult health Chronic disease (Diabetes, Heart health) Mental health Aging safely (falls prevention) Referral to other health or community agencies Referral to physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives Emergency interventions (anaphylaxis care) Referral to other health care professionals Maintains individual client health files/documentation according to the established College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) Standards of Practice Ensuring the safety, security, proper storage, confidentiality, and disposal of information Ensures standards of Personal Health Information Protection Act is followed Maintaining program statistics Referral to other health providers (lactation consultant, dietitian) who provides services to clients Organizing and providing activities coordinated through this program (Moms in waiting, Make your own baby food workshops, Tyendinaga Breastfeeding Circle, Baby wearing) Provision of written reports as required by the funding body Ordering of supplies/resources for program Provide bi-annually Infant CPR and Choking Other duties as requested.
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