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**PROGRAM AREA: Integrated Programs with a focus on HIV and Gender-Affirming Care Program**

**EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Regular ongoing**

**HOURS/WEEK**:21** hours per week**

**Our Vision**

A community without barriers to health and wellbeing.

**Our Mission**

We reduce health inequities by providing inter-professional primary health services and community programs, focused on our priority populations, in collaboration with community partners.

**Our Values**

Innovation**, **Accountability**, **Person-Centered**, **Health Promotion**, **Excellence**, **Sustainability**, **Accessibility.

Are you passionate about the Guelph CHC's Vision, Mission and Values and working with our priority populations who are: homeless or at risk of homelessness, low income, newcomers to Canada with language barriers, moderate to severe mental health and/or addiction issues, moderate to severe disabilities, without access to primary care, aboriginal communities, including First Nations, Inuit and Metis, LGBTQ+ populations, other marginalized groups, and vulnerable children and their families experiencing violence, family conflict, social isolation and attachment struggles? If you are passionate about Guelph CHC's Vision, Mission, Values and priority populations and meet the below qualifications, we want to hear from you

**Join our team**

What we offer:

- Comprehensive benefit and pension package (HOOPP)
- 3 weeks paid vacation year 1, 4 weeks of paid vacation for 2 - 5 years of employment. An additional vacation day per year starting at 6 years of employment until you reach 6 weeks’ vacation
- $600 and 70 hours of paid annual professional development
- 18 annual paid days for personal/sick leave

This Registered Practical Nurse position will work primarily at our HIV and Gender Affirming Care Clinic in Guelph and Kitchener, there is plans for a satellite location to open Cambridge.

The Registered Practical Nurse maintains the smooth and efficient flow of patients through their appointments by receiving patients, assigning them to exam rooms, undertaking prescribed intake procedures, and assisting the practitioners, as requested. In addition, they help maintain the efficiency of the clinic by ensuring an adequate supply of common medications, medical supplies and sterilized equipment is on hand at all times.

**Basic Responsibilities**:

- Works as part of the primary health care team
- Works at the top of scope of RPN practice
- Demonstrates safe, quality practice
- Maintains smooth and efficient flow of patients through their appointments
- Provides safe administration of medications and immunizations, venipuncture, disinfection/sterilization of equipment and environment, client education and assists practitioners as requested.
- Triage clients to prioritize urgent needs
- Ensures adequate supply of common medications and medical supplies
- Perform phlebotomy and collection of other specimens for testing

**Required Qualifications**:

- Current registration as a Registered Practical Nurse with the CNO
- Completed current medication course
- Thorough knowledge and proficiency in current nursing principles and practices
- 3-5 years broad-based practical nursing experience - a community primary health care setting desired
- Treat each client with compassion, dignity and respect even in the face of challenging situations
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment
- Demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of community-based health care
- Computer proficiency with electronic charting
- Experience working with people living with HIV/AIDS, people who identify as Transgender and people seeking gender affirming care, considered an asset
- Lived or living experience considered an asset

If you are interested in this position, please submit a resume and cover letter, outlining how your skills, qualifications and experience meet the position requirements.

If at any stage in the selection process you require special accommodation, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.

We require that all finalist applicants undergo a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screen through their local Police Services Branch prior to start date.