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Description

Employer Job Number: GO-00588615
Facility: COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH EAST
Job Description: Reporting to the manager of Access Place, the RAAM clinical nurse who integrates experience and advanced level skills in the provision of direct patient care. This position assists the Addictions Medicine physicians and the infectious disease specialists in the provision of patient care as required and also assists the HIV and Hep C Nurse Clinicians in all aspects of clinical and outreach service and activities.

The The RAAM clinic nurse position requires skill in collaborative multidisciplinary consultation particularly with the clinician, the case manager and the broader outreach team. The position will ensure seamless coordination of clinical planning, therapeutic activities, and client interventions.

The main focus of this position is the implementation and delivery of care for individuals utilizing the Harm Reduction Programs including RAAM clinic services, Opioid Replacement Treatment, Hepatitis C care, Positive Care Program, and the Sexual Health Clinic.


Qualifications:
Degree in nursing
Completion of Hep C and HIV basics, Hep C treatment, & HIV prevention online courses.
Minimum 1 year experience as HIV/HCV Outreach Nurse or Sexual Health Nurse

Experience
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

-Knowledge and a thorough understanding of Addictions
-Knowledge of current trends, issues and perspectives of nursing in the specific clinical areas.
-Knowledge of communication techniques and approaches in order to adapt to multiple and ever changing situations and environments.
-Knowledge of critical thinking processes in order to creatively solve problems in an open and resourceful manner.
-Knowledge of conflict resolutions techniques.
-Knowledge of the role of the specific clinical area within the entire health system.
-Knowledge of scope of practice.
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