Registered Practical Nurses deliver comprehensive community health nursing services to remote and/or isolated First Nations communities within Ontario. They provide in-depth nursing knowledge, skills, clinical expertise and advanced judgment through consultation, clinical practice, leadership, and facilitate knowledge transfer through health promotion and disease prevention.
Registered Practical Nurses care for patients with predictable outcomes and are responsible for:
· supporting primary care programming
· comprehensive health and chronic disease assessments of clients at all stages of life
· urgent and emergent care
· patient education
· health and wellness promotion
· disease prevention
· referrals
The minimum experience requirement for these positions are one year independent clinical experience as a Registered Nurse (within the last three years). Please refer to each position’s posting for specific details regarding which area(s) of experience are required for each.
