Lpn- Full Time

2 months ago

Nanaimo, Canada AVI Health & Community Services Full time

**PROGRAM SUMMARY**:
The AVI Nanaimo Community Health Centre (CHC) hosts a variety of program options for community members and service users to access. work across different programs to provide care and support to service users who have different goals of care across the continuum of health and wellness. The CHC provides primary care, HIV/HCV, substance use, OAT, STBBI, PrEP/PEP medical services, as well as outreach, supports, and social programming for our clients. We also provide education services for the communities we support and for health and social services students and professionals that work with the same communities.

The CHC provides streamlined access to addiction medicine and substance use services while offering a host of complementary supports under one roof including the Enhanced Harm Reduction Service (EHR). Program. The EHR is a flexible, community‐based, nursing led, harm reduction program that will provide pharmaceutical alternatives to the toxic street drug supply along with wrap around supports. The EHR program aims to help individuals reduce their risk of dying from a drug poisoning event and our service users may not have sobriety or abstinence included in their goals of care.

Our services are delivered across the traditional territories of the Snuneymuxw, Stz’uminus, and Snaw'naw'as People.

Join our supportive, dedicated and client-centered team in promoting the health, dignity and well-being of all people affected by HIV, HCV and substance use by delivering sex-positive and harm reduction-based education, prevention and/or support services.

**JOB SUMMARY**

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) position will work primarily in our substance use services and as needed in our community health centre programs providing care and service for clients with a variety of goals of care. These include primary care and substance use services, providing safer, pharmaceutical alternatives to the currently toxic drug supply, OAT, the Positive Wellness Program for people living with or at risk of HIV/hepatitis C, health promotion education, youth advocacy and outreach, and drop-in harm reduction services.

The LPN will work in partnership with an interdisciplinary team to provide person-centered healthcare including assessment, screening, and education to support clients who are accessing the programs. The LPN will use a harm reduction, trauma informed approach and clinical skills to independently assess individuals with complex primary care health needs and active poly-substance use. This position requires a professional who is experienced with harm reduction and requires a commitment to collaboration with multiple stakeholders including, first and foremost, people with lived/living experience of criminalized drug use.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

1. Provides assessment, intake, education, referrals, follow up and support for patients of OAT, Primary Care, STBBI, PrEP, PEP, and EHR services.

2. Provide care and support for individuals with high levels of poly-substance use and a variety and complexity of acute and chronic conditions, related but not exclusive to conditions of poverty and criminalization.

3. Work both independently and collaboratively with team to support people contemplating or accessing pharmaceutical alternatives to illegal/toxic substances in a variety of settings, such as parks, drop-in centers, shelters, supported housing units, overdose prevention sites, etc.

4. Provide care, assessment, screening, education, referrals, and advocacy regarding substance use, acute and chronic health concerns, mental health, sexual health, wound management, and general wellness, including primary and specialist care, substance use services, diagnostic and laboratory services, and medication management.

5. Provide harm reduction support through collaborative risk reduction strategy, education, distribution of harm reduction supplies, and overdose prevention education including Naloxone training and distribution.

6. Collaborate with participants and the team to develop and maintain individualized care plans, providing ongoing monitoring and support with participants in accordance with their specific care plans.

7. Provide education, information and appropriate referrals that are responsive to the self-identified needs of participants to manage their health, enhance understanding of their health status, and navigate through the various services and community supports related to their care.

8. Provide screening and assessment and administer medications as ordered by program physicians.

9. Work with community partners to ensure seamless support of program participants.

10. Participate in staff meetings, trainings, educational forums, and engagement in community building and networking.

11. Performs other duties as assigned.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Licensed Practical Nurse designation from an accredited institution and current full registration with the BC College of Nurses and Mi

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