Overview of the Role

Provides outstanding primary care nursing services for marginalized clients, who may have severe and persistent mental illness, across the lifespan. This position is community-based.

Responsibilities

• Participates to full scope as a member of a clinical team providing nursing services for all clients
• Functions within the Mission United hub model in all daily encounters
• Completes triage assessments
• Performs comprehensive mental health assessments
• Completes assessments that are holistic and include relevant medical, psychiatric and social domains
• Prepares individualized nursing care plans that reflect the client’s goals
• Provides information and resources regarding prevention, healthy lifestyle, sexually transmitted diseases, diabetes, nutrition, alternative lifestyles, chronic diseases and terminal illnesses as appropriate
• Applies a harm reduction approach on ...