Job Description
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Regional Registered Nurse I or Nurse Practitioner (FamilyAll Ages)
(10 Positions)
Premium Travel Locum Assignment
Location: Various Community Clinics
Rural & Remote Health
The purpose of this position is to provide care primary care (preventative, health promotion, supportive, rehabilitative, and curative) and
emergency services to clients. The position offers an excellent opportunity to advance nursing knowledge and decision-making skills while
managing a generalized primary health care program by working collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team. The Nurse Practitioner or
RN role includes components of clinical practice, education, consultation, and research and preceptorship. This position functions in
accordance with the Labrador Grenfell Health's mission, vision, and values. The Nurse Practitioner or Regional Registered Nurse I reports to
the Regional Nurse II /Clinical Nurse manager.
Qualifications:
Regional Registered Nurse I:
-Current registration and licensure with the College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (CRNNL) or (eligible for registration and licensure).
-Completion of an Outpost Nursing Program or other education/certification (e.g., health assessment course) is an asset.
-2 years experience as an acute care nurse with preference for emergency care, ICU experience, regional or outpost nursingÏwithin the past five years.
-The successful applicant will be required to submit a satisfactory certificate of conduct and vulnerable sector check.
Nurse Practitioner:
-Current licensure with the College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (CRNNL) or eligible for licensure.
-Graduation from an approved nurse practitioner education program.
-The successful applicant will be required to submit a satisfactory certificate of conduct and vulnerable sector check.
In addition, the following is required:
-Current certification in BCLS and/or First Aid.
-ACLS, TNCC, PALS, NRP and medevac course.
-Successful completion of the Breastfeeding Essentials Course or willing to complete during orientation.
- A Class V Driver's license.
Duties (Include but not limited to):
-Arranging and conducting clinics for primary care purposes including assessing, diagnosing, and prescribing in
accordance with professional, provincial, and organizational standards, policies, and clinical practice guidelines.
-Coordinating treatment plans based on ongoing assessments, client and family response and outcomes, consulting with physician or nurse practitioner if required care is outside of provider's scope of practice and competencies.
-Assesses clients' needs leading to a continuum of appropriate services in public health & home/community care,
including prenatal, healthy beginnings/long term care, child health, preschool, school health programs, wellness
promotion, parenting, breastfeeding, travel and lifestyle clinics, routine immunization clinics, communicable disease
surveillance, curative interventions, end of life care, rehabilitation, long term care support, support of family caregiver.
-Dispenses medications in accordance with professional, provincial, and organizational standards, policies, and clinical
practice guidelines.
-Ï Coordinating medical follow-up (e.g., referrals as appropriate; facilitating transition from hospital to community; and
acting as a liaison between the client and various health care providers).
-Consults with the assigned physician and report to the RN II for administrative/management issues.
-Ensuring quality assurance standards are maintained.
-Other duties as assigned (e.g., emergency on-call, documentation of nursing workload measurement system, provide relief in other sites as required.
-May be required to relieve the RN II.
-Participates in professional development and lifelong learning.
-May be required to work alone.
Salary:
This is a RNUNL position. Nurse Practitioner NS 35 $43.57 to $54.02 per hour; Regional Registered Nurse I NS 33 $39.98 to $49.76 per
hour, depending on experience credits, with a premium locum rate of an additional $25/hr. for hours working in the locum position.
Locums must agree to work a minimum of fourteen (14) continuous days for this benefit to apply. Applicable Labrador Allowances and
other benefits in accordance with the RNUNL Collective Agreement.
For more information on the RN Locum Travel Premium Policy, please click on this link: https://www.lghealth.ca/wpcontent/uploads/2022/09/RN-Locum-Travel-Premium-Policy.pdf
Hours of Work:
-Variable shifts: on call is required.
Revised:
May 5, 2023
Labrador-Grenfell Health Values Diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Labrador-Grenfell Health is a Smoke and Scent Free Organization
-Position is available from April 2023 until August 2023 (If you have availability for any time period {minimum two-week block}
during this time period, please apply and disclose your availability)
Interested applicants please submit resume, stating competition number to 2023000179.:
Human Resources
Labrador Grenfell Regional Health Authority
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P 1C0
Tel: (709) 897-2305 Fax : (709) 896-4741
Apply online at : https://www.careers.lghealth.ca
