**Indigenous Women are encouraged to apply. First preference will be given to all qualified Indigenous applicants.**

Why make ONWA your career choice?

Make a difference in the lives of Indigenous peoples by supporting and advocating for positive change. ONWA prides itself on providing all employees with a total rewards package that is generous and supports our workforce and their family members:

• Competitive salaries
• Generous paid vacation time
• Paid time off at Christmas above paid vacation time
• Additional paid stat and civic holidays
• 35-hour work week
• Comprehensive benefits program including health, paramedical, dental, vision, and EAP. All premiums are covered by the employer.
• Healthcare Spending Account and Lifestyle Spending Account
• Participate in CAAT defined benefit pension plan and retire with secure lifetime retirement income
• Paid sick days
• Paid cultural/personal wellness days
  
• Flexible scheduling to support work-life balance
• Ongoing professional development.
• Possible reimbursement on a portion of cell phone and internet expenses
  

VISION:

At the Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA), we celebrate and honor the safety and healing of Indigenous Women and Girls as they take up their leadership roles in the family, community, provincially, nationally, and internationally for generations to come.

SCOPE:

The Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) will integrate knowledge from public health sciences, primary health care, nursing science, and the social sciences to promote, protect and preserve the health of Indigenous women and their families. The RPN is responsible for providing safe, quality access to culturally sensitive health care to Indigenous women, their families, and communities, based on each community member's
individual needs.

Reporting to the Community Development Health Manager, the RPN will provide support to the provision of health services in a community health clinical setting. They will provide nursing care at community-based clinics that include outreach mobile clinics and provide public health teaching and nursing care. The RPN will contribute to program development, education, and training of staff as well as community.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario to practice as a Registered Practical Nurse with current unrestricted registration status.
• Nursing Diploma from a recognized and accredited program, with 2-3 years' working experience in public health, community, hospital, or a similar area of nursing.
• Experience with communicable disease, prenatal care, sexual health, footcare, diabetes, wound care, and immunization.
• Two years' experience working with Indigenous Women and their families.
• Certification in diabetes education and footcare is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to adhere to the Practice Standards and Guidelines set out by the College of Nurses of Ontario as they relate to the public health practice setting.
• Understands and uses the nursing process with individualized care plans and planning.
• Demonstrated proficiency in establishing and maintaining therapeutic nurse-client relationships with individuals, families, and groups from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• Effectively communicates using written, verbal, non-verbal, and technical skills.
• Experience in developing and delivering programming, education, and training to internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to form professional and collaborative working relationships and function as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
  
• Demonstrated ability to set and maintain high performance standards while practicing independently to achieve results.
• Demonstrated ability to apply the values of accountability, cost-consciousness, equity, excellence, honesty, innovation, leadership, and teamwork.
• Demonstrated ability to follow instructions, engage in reflective practice and constructive feedback to improve performance and develop professionally.
• Understanding of public health (Community Wellbeing) and Indigenous health care systems.
• Understands the history and jurisdictional issues impacting Indigenous women and their families and communities collectively.
  
• Strong knowledge of Indigenous culture and traditional practices.
  
• Strong organizational, project management and time management skills, with the ability to plan, and manage time effectively.
  
• Capacity to solve problems, critically think and to see different perspectives.
  
• Highly motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision and under pressure.
  
• Excellent organizational and communication skills and an ability to follow through on assigned duties independently with strict deadlines.
  
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and can multitask and prioritize without guidance.
  
• Knowledge of not-for profit organizations
  
• Proficient working knowledge of MS Office Software, internet, and general office equipment.
  
• Ability to travel and perform shift work including weekends and evenings to meet community needs.
  
• Dependable/punctual with strong attendance history.
  
• Reliable vehicle, appropriate vehicle insurance and valid Ontario "G" class driver's license.
  
• Current, valid vulnerable sector criminal records check. Valid 1st Aid/CPR.
• Ability to speak an Indigenous Language is considered an asset.
  

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

If you would like to learn more about the job, please send us an email at hr@onwa.ca.