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2 months ago
Halton Region is seeking a highly skilled Public Health Nurse to join our team. As a Public Health Nurse, you will play a critical role in investigating and managing respiratory illness outbreaks in long term care homes, retirement homes, and congregate living settings.
Duties and Responsibilities:- Provide consultation to long term care homes, retirement homes, and congregate living settings on the parameters for early identification of outbreaks.
- Provide guidance and recommendations to staff on investigating and managing outbreaks of respiratory infection.
- Investigate reports of infectious diseases to form a case definition for the specific outbreak.
- Investigate, confirm, and manage outbreaks, when notified of a suspect or confirmed respiratory outbreak.
- Advise on the testing strategy and assign outbreak numbers as required.
- Provide specimen collection kits, and transport of the same to the laboratory to verify diagnosis.
- Participate or coordinate outbreak meetings with the facility and community partners.
- Provide consultations for outbreak control measures.
- Address the use of antiviral medications for prevention and treatment of influenza.
- Consult with long term care homes, retirement homes, and congregate living settings on admissions, readmissions, and transfers during outbreaks.
- Determine when to declare the outbreaks over.
- Perform all required documentation following nursing documentation standards in an electronic database.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, which includes preparation in Public Health Nursing from a recognized University.
- Current Certificate of Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario.
- Minimum of 6 months recent experience managing respiratory outbreaks in long term care homes, retirement homes, and congregate living settings.
- Recent experience and proficiency using the integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS).
- Recent experience and proficiency using the Halton Salesforce Outbreak Module for intake and outbreak documentation.
- Recent experience and proficiency using the Provincial CCMS for COVID-19 case data entry, investigation queues, and outbreak documentation.
- Strong knowledge of Ontario Public Health Standards, the standards of practice for Registered Nurses, legislation, and mandates governing public health issues.
- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills, exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with diverse community partners and organizations, and provide excellent customer service.
- Flexibility to work outside of core business hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays is required.
- Travel will be required, incumbent must provide their own transportation.
- The incumbent is encouraged to provide a current complete record of immunization according to the Ontario provincial immunization schedule.
- The successful candidate will be made an offer of employment on condition that the Regional Municipality of Halton receives a current (obtained within the past six (6) months), original, and acceptable Criminal Records Check, including Vulnerable Sector Screening by the first day of employment.
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