Description
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
Liaison Role* Carries out the general functions (above) primarily in her/his service, as assigned.* Ensures the care and follow-up of users who could go to Montréal or Val d'Or for medical elective or emergency reasons.* Ensures the care of the users from the communities, and takes care of their medical files upon the specialists' visits to the North.* Ensures as needed the follow-up at the Outpatient Clinic for the users returning to their home environment.* Ensures the follow-up of the users returning to the community.* Ensures the follow-up of the patients returning to the community by carrying out the follow-up and using the form "nursing discharge''.* Keeps up-to-date the department's statistics.
Education:
- Member in good standing of the O.I.I. Q *(Bachelor's nursing degree holders will be paid according to the 1911 job title);
Experience:
- Two (2) years of diversified experience as a nurse or One (1) year of experience as a nurse in an emergency room.
Language:
- Fluent in English;
- Fluency in Cree or French is an asset.
Other:
- Includes on-call periods for Current Services;
- This position includes enlarged role functions;
- An interview based on clinical cases may be required.
NOTES
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.
