Minimum mandatory criteria:
Education: Post-secondary diploma or a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from a recognized university or Master Degree.
Resources must hold and maintain during any given contract period the appropriate registration or license to practice as a Nurse (Registered/Health/Community/Practitioner) from the regulatory organization in the respective province/territory. The province/territory where the work will be conducted will be determined in resulting Request for Proposals. Please refer to the appropriate provincial nursing Colleges / Ordre for the specific Standards Guidelines and Scope of Practices that apply to the province of work.
Typical duties may include:
- Assessing the patients physical, emotional and mental health
- Performing basic exams and take vital signs, blood pressure, draw blood samples
- Diagnosing injuries, illnesses, and disorders
- Carrying out treatment plans for patients which include giving medications, coordinating treatments, bandaging wounds and giving injections
- Assisting with medical procedures or minor surgery
- Educating patients and informing them of different treatment options
- Immunizing against disease, screening for diseases
- Treating for short-term acute illnesses (e.g., infections, minor injuries)
- Promoting health (e.g., infection control)
- Instructing individuals, families and other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and developing health improvement programs
- Preparing rooms, and ensuring that stock of supplies is maintained
- Conducting specified laboratory tests
- Prescribing or recommending drugs, medical devices or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures
- Directing and coordinating infection control programs, advising and consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions
- Performing administrative functions
- Maintaining accurate, detailed reports and records
- Monitoring, recording and reporting symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions
- Recording patients’ medical information and vital signs
- Modifying patient treatment plans as indicated by patients’ responses and conditions
- Consulting and coordinating with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
- Ordering, interpreting, and evaluating diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient’s condition
