Nurse Full-time Job
Apr 15th, 2024 at 13:51 Medical & Healthcare Calgary 117 views Reference: 6043Job Details
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday 8am MST to 5pm MST
Location: TELUS Health Care Centre 906 16 Ave SW Suite 301, Calgary, AB T2R 0T3
Let’s create a healthier future, together
TELUS Health Care Centers is looking for a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our dynamic Calgary team. The Calgary Care Centre offers services across a number of programs including Family Health, Executive Health and Occupational & Travel Health Program. Registered Nurses play an integral role in the provision of high quality care services across these programs.
Specifically within our Executive, Occupational and Travel Health programs, you will be meeting with clients one-on-one to provide a variety of counseling, vaccinations, medications and general health advice to travelers going abroad. With regard to immunizations, you will be responsible to review each client’s medical history and make recommendations for safe travel.
Within our Family Health program, you will be responsible for the assessment or care needs upon intake, triaging acute concerns, navigating appropriate services, disease prevention and health promotion as well as chronic and complex disease care and management.
Our team and what we’ll accomplish together
The successful candidate will work throughout all our programs, providing direct nursing support and services to clients and the interdisciplinary team as well as help coordinate and manage their care. At TELUS Health, RN’s provide safe, competent and compassionate care across the lifespan and work very closely with the interdisciplinary team to ensure the highest quality of care.
What you’ll do
As part of the team you’ll be responsible for the provision of family health nursing care to the population of clients seen in the family practice service and requires a thorough knowledge of primary care nursing within the scope of CARNA. Areas of focus include: assessing care needs on intake, triage and navigation to appropriate services, disease prevention and health promotion, travel medicine, chronic and complex disease care management, collaboration with the physician and the interdisciplinary team.
Responsibilities include:
- Individual patient assessment and treatment- health assessment, immunizations, procedures, regular patient follow up to promote health and counsel on disease prevention
- Triaging acute concerns and providing anticipatory guidance as needed
- Develop, assess, implement and evaluate care plans for all consultations
- In depth knowledge of current guidelines, practice standards and medical directives
- Provide quality, safe, compassionate care to all clients
- Communicate and work effectively with all other members of the interdisciplinary team
- Exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills
- Positive and results focused attitude
- Ability to take initiative and demonstrate proactive/ preventative approaches to care
Qualifications
What you bring
- BN or BScN from a recognized and accredited program
- Current CARNA license in good standing
- BLS Provider course up to date
- Minimum of 3 years nursing experience (private or public sector)
Great-to-haves:
- Experience with chronic disease management and longitudinal care
- Experience assessing and providing travel health immunizations and risk mitigation strategies
- Experience with Occupational Health
- Experience with wound care and management, suture/staple removal and dressing changes
- Familiarity with ISTM and/or ISTM certification
- Computer skills are an asset (EMR, Power Point, Excel, Word)
Salary Range: $32-$59
Performance Bonus or Sales Incentive Plan: 0%
Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance, experience and location. Additionally, TELUS offers rewarding benefits, which may vary per job function, such as:
- Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family
- Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both
- Generous company matched pension and share purchase programs
- Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve
- Career growth and learning & development opportunities to develop your skills
- And much more …
