Job Title: Nurse Counsellor
Date: April, 26, 2024
Location: Ottawa, ON, Montreal, QC
Remote: Yes
Business Unit: Health
Department: Pharma Patient Solutions
Calian PSP Ltd. has an exciting, part-time opportunity to join our dynamic team! This remote roll offers a competitive salary, health and dental benefits as well as chance to work with a growing company to expand you career experience!
As a member of a growing Virtual Care Team, you will utilize your knowledge, skills and experience in health behavior change and self-management support to help individuals across Canada succeed in their efforts to improve their health and wellness though effective weight management. In this virtual Registered Nursing role, you will provide health behavior change support through application of motivational communication techniques, provision of health education and product support for a specific prescription weight-loss medication, and related health and wellness planning, counselling, and support for patients enrolled in a patient support program.
Accountabilities
- Create a warm and trusting environment for clients of the program to seek coaching support through virtual channels such as telephone and email.
- Guide clients virtually through their weight loss journey as well as helping them to maintain long term weight management.
- Equip and empower clients with the cornerstone to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight
- Assist clients in maintaining their goals and help implement lifestyle modifications
- Recognize health behaviours and be able to help promote health and prevent disease
- Identify and appropriately escalate critical situations when necessary as per protocols.
- Provide education and referral support while navigating and accessing information, resources and services pertinent to the weight management
- Have the ability to search and maintain multiple databases
- Collaborates with colleagues virtually and follows up as part of the weightless program
- Gather and record data from sessions.
- Use computer programs and applications, including internet search engines, email, excel and database program to perform varied tasks such as collecting data and writing basic reports.
- Fulfil other duties as required.
Competencies:
- Must be a positive, self-motivated individual who has demonstrated an ability to work independently and well with others as a member of cross functional teams
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to deal effectively with diversity of individuals at all organizational levels
- Good written and verbal communication skills are required
- Computer aptitude and working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
- Good judgment with the ability to make timely and sound decisions
- Demonstrates attention to detail
- Flexibility; some evenings.
- Fully remote role.
Qualifications:
- Must be a Nurse (RN, RPN, LPN) in good standing with the respective provincial regulatory body.
- Licensed in more than one province would be an asset.
- Mental Health background would be an asset.
- Telehealth experience would be an asset.
- Obesity management experience would be an asset.
- French bilingualism (written and spoken)
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