RPN - Kitchener & Guelph

Work Location:

Kitchener and Guelph

Hours/Week: 21 hours/week for up to 3 months then relief

Length of Contract: Up to 3 months followed by relief

Reports to: Clinic Supervisor, Hive

Our Vision:

A community without barriers to health and wellbeing.

Our Mission: We reduce health inequities by providing interprofessional primary health services and community programs, focused on the populations we prioritize, in collaboration with community partners.

Our Values: Innovation, Accountability, Person-Centred, Health Promotion, Excellence, Sustainability, Accessibility

Guelph Community Health Centre prioritizes people who face barriers to health and accessing services, and people who identify as:

• Homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Living on low income
• Newcomers to Canada with language barriers
• Having moderate to severe mental health and/or addiction issues
• Having moderate to severe disabilities
• Indigenous First Nations, Inuit and Métis
• Black, mixed race and racialized populations
• Experiencing intersectional oppression
• 2SLGBTQIA+
• Vulnerable children and their families experiencing conflict, isolation or attachment struggles

This Registered Practical Nurse position will work primarily at our HIV and Gender Affirming Care Clinic in Guelph and Kitchener.

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

We know that experience comes in many forms. If you have some of these qualities and are excited about this opportunity, then we want to hear from you. Please visit our website at and apply using the online application tool.

Guelph Community Health Centre is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including individuals from priority populations who may identify as 2SLGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals, and members of Black and other racialized communities.

We thank, in advance, those who apply, but will contact only those who qualify for interviews.

If at any stage in the selection process you require 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.