Classification: Full time, Permanent
Salary: $45.00 - $55.00 per hour
Location: ?Esdilagh, BC
Deadline: Until filled
Summary
The Nurse Practitioner will play a lead role supporting Primary Care Planning for the ?Esdilagh First Nation with a natural approach. The Nurse Practitioner will play a key role in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluate professional nursing care for clients varying needs of care and treatment.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform primary and secondary nursing assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation or real and potential health problems in patients
- Maintain accurate, thorough, and timely documentation in patient record of pertinent health information, nursing assessments, interventions, evaluations and communication
- Provide patient and family education, discharge teaching and health promotion activities
- Communicating with Elders, Traditional Knowledge Holders, on and off reserve members and TNG Health Directors
- Interacting regularly with staff at Interior Health Authority, Northern Health and First Nations Health Authority to provide information on ?Esdilagh’s specific health care programming and policy gaps
- Ensuring that all reporting requirements are met for external funders
- Providing oversight and direction to the employees in the Stewardship department in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures
- Facilitate appropriate follow-up care in broader health community
- Supportive and Curative care
- Trauma Care
- Rehabilitative care
- Behavioural Health Care assessment and management
- Palliative/end-of-life care
- Consciously creating a workplace culture that is consistent with ?Esdilagh’s vision, guiding principles, and values
- Maintain appropriate client records, ensures confidentiality of all information relating to the client, and submits statistics and reports as required on a timely basis
- Maintaining employee work schedules including assignments, job rotation, training, vacations, and paid time off, telecommuting, cover for absenteeism, and overtime scheduling
- Other duties as required
Requirements
- Master of Nursing–Nurse Practitioner (MN‑NP)
- Minimum of 2 years health care management experience
- Minimum of 2 years managing staff and budgets
- Completion of an approved Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program or equivalent
- Experience Working with First Nation Clients and knowledge of First Nations Culture and Values
- Experience working in Primary Care or Elders Care
- Experience working with Committees and developing and writing health plans
- Excellent Communication Skills and ability to undertake Presentations
- Solid organizational skills and able to meet tight deadlines with limited supervision
- Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Experience working with First Nations people and communities and an understanding of historical impact issues and long-term trauma effects on First Nations people, specifically with residential school impacts (Intergenerational trauma)
Working Conditions
- Travel may be required
- Ability to attend and conduct presentations
- Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and additional hardware
- Overtime as required
- Lifting or moving up to 10lbs may be required
To apply, please send a resume, cover letter and three references to:
Jenai Nolin
HR Generalist
Tŝilhqot’in National Government
1729 South Lakeside Drive
Williams Lake, BC V2G 3A9
jenainolin@tsilhqotin.ca
Preference will be given to those of Aboriginal Ancestry - per Section 16(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
Only those invited to interview will be contacted.