Sunnybrook Academic Family Health Team

Temporary Full Time - Outpatient Primary Care / Obstetrics 

Job Summary and Qualifications:

• Roles and Responsibilities

  • Assess patient health care needs (physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual) to identify appropriate nursing interventions
  • Analyze findings of health assessments
  • Interpret patient health records
  • Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions
  • Collect data through therapeutic relationships with patients

   

  1. Treatment/Management
  • Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician/nurse practitioner
  • Efficiently conduct telephone triaging 
  • Administer vaccinations
  • Blood pressure assessments
  • TB skin tests
  • Foot assessments / Foot care
  • Assist primary care physicians with assessments and interventions

   

  2. Education/Advocacy
  • Help patients identify and use health resources, including those available in the community and from community agencies
  • Involve patients in decisions about their own health
  • Encourage patients to take action for their own health
  • Initiate health education and other activities that assist, promote and support patients as they strive to achieve the highest possible level of health

   

  3. Referrals/Collaboration
  • Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary team to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
  • Consult and interact with other service providers as needed

   

  4. Administration/Reporting
  • Coordinate and expedite clinic flow by triaging patients
  • Provide Health Education in person and by telephone.
  • Arrange follow up appointments as necessary
  • Collect accurate and comprehensive patient-related information and documenting same in the patients' Electronic Medical Record.
  • Participate in Quality Improvement Initiatives
  • Operate and monitor medical apparatus or equipment and ensure strict adherence to sterilization procedures
  • Handle and dispose of specimens and/or objects, and practice general safety  procedures at all times
  • Monitor supply levels and/or expiration of medical and clinic supplies, and order supplies as needed 

   

  Job Requirements:

  • Registration in good standing with the Ontario College of nurses
  • Primary Health Care experience required
  • Obstetrics experience required
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong clinical skills in relation to outpatient care with a focus on comprehensive primary care and obstetrics 
  • Flexibility to adapt to constantly changing clinical situations
  • Able to work autonomously with minimal supervision
  • Able to work effectively with all members of the inter-professional team
  • Able to prioritize, manage time, and adapt in a fast paced clinic environment
  • Basic CPR, BLS certification up to date within the last 2 years
  • Experience with EMRs -  Telus Practice Solutions in particular is an asset