Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig (WNHAC) are looking for a Home Care Nurse! For more information on this LEAP job posting, check out the details below!
We provide primary health care through a range of options including prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment. Our team includes health professionals, educators and support workers representing both traditional Indigenous and contemporary models of care, and uses wholistic health and community development concepts.
NOTE: Indigenous traditional practices involve cultural ceremonies and burning sacred medicines including tobacco, sweetgrass, sage and cedar within the work setting.
Employer Name: Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe'iyewigamig (WNHAC)
City: Kenora
Province: ON
Application Deadline: November 9th, 2024
Email: HRteam@wnhac.org
Hours of Work: Full-Time
Job Type: Full-Time
Wages: TBD- This position is part of the Ontario Nurses Association Bargaining unit
Duties of this LEAP Job Posting: The position works within an interprofessional team comprised of registered and non-registered healthcare professionals, both directly and under the facilitation of medical directives, to meet the home care needs of individual clients at the community level. This position provides primary health care services in the client’s home environment in specified communities within the professional scope of practice established by the College of Nurses of Ontario.
Qualifications for this LEAP Job Posting:
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario;
- Willingness to work to a full scope including performing delegated acts through medical directives;
- Deep understanding and experience of Indigenous culture, values, and perspectives as well as traditional and contemporary health care practices, and wholistic health and wellbeing;
- Ability to speak and understand Anishinaabemowin a definite asset;
- Knowledge of historical trauma and the impacts of that history on the health of people, families, and communities;
- Experience working in an Indigenous organization; understanding and/or willingness to learn of Indigenous culture and values;
- Proof of immunization in compliance with policy requirements is mandatory;
- Valid drivers’ license, own vehicle, willingness and ability to travel required;
- Criminal records check and current drivers’ abstract required;
- Commitment to ongoing training and professional development relevant to job requirements; and
- Positive attitude and capacity to act as a healthy lifestyle role model.
How To Apply to this LEAP Job Posting: Please send resume with covering letter and three references, to:
Home Care Nurse
Email: hrteam@wnhac.org
Website: WNHAC.org
Fax: (807) 467-8341
Phone: (888) MYWNHAC
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, please note only those selected for an interview will be contacted. As an Indigenous employer we encourage First Nations, Inuit, and Metis applicants to apply.
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