Community Health Nurse RN - Primary Health Care Contract, Feb. 2025 to Aug. 2025 (possibility of extension) full-time - 35 hours per week $64,084 to $75,915 per annum (salary commensurate on primary care experience)
About Unison:
Unison Health and Community Services is a non-profit, community-based organization that serves neighbourhoods in North West Toronto. Operating out of six locations, Unison offers core services that include primary health care, counselling, health promotion, Early Years programs, legal services, harm reduction programs, housing assistance, adult protective services, Pathways to Education and a Diabetes Education Program. Unison’s mission is working together to deliver accessible and high quality health and community services that are integrated, respond to needs, build on strengths and inspire change.
Unison Health and Community Services is committed to working from an inclusive, pro-choice, sex positive, harm reduction, anti-racist, anti-oppression and participatory framework.
We are seeking a candidate for the position of Community Health Nurse to join the Primary Health Care team based at our Keele-Rogers site. The ideal candidate for this position will have a strong background in clinical primary care, experience in health teaching, advocacy and health promotion.
Job-Specific Responsibilities:
1. Provision of individual primary care including wellness assessments across the lifespan, immunization, chronic disease monitoring, triage, counselling, advocacy and care of minor episodic illnesses
2. Health teaching to individuals
3. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
4. Participation in team meetings and centre-wide initiatives
5. Performance of administrative tasks
Job-Specific Qualifications:
1. Licensed as a Registered Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario with no restrictions to practice
2. Baccalaureate degree or equivalent experience
3. Strong clinical assessment skills
4. Strong documentation and communication skills
5. Ability to speak a second language is an asset
6. Sensitivity to the impact of social health determinants on a diverse, urban, low-income community
7. Sensitivity to and knowledge of the needs of a multicultural, multiracial community
8. Experience serving Unison’s priority populations (people with mental health and addictions, seniors with complex needs, LGBTQ2IA+, and youth facing barriers)
9. Current RNAO membership with malpractice coverage is an asset
10. Availability for one evening shift per week on Thursdays
Interested candidates are asked to email a résumé with covering letter by Friday, February 7, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. to:
Hiring Committee – Community Health Nurse, RN
Unison Health and Community Services
hirings@unisonhcs.org
Please cite UN_2025_004 in the subject line of the email.
We welcome applications from people who are reflective of the diverse communities we serve, including those who might need accommodation.
Where needed, accommodations for applicants with disabilities will be provided, on request, to support their participation in all aspects of the recruitment process.
Please note that due to the volume of applications, only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 5 months
Pay: $64,084.00-$75,915.00 per year
Benefits:
* Paid time off
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
* Day shift
* Evening shift
* Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2025-02-07
Expected start date: 2025-02-24
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