Nurse Counsellor (N-2425-0446)

SUMMARY OF THE POSITION Person who advises the institution on matters relating to nursing care or infection prevention and control programs and who may be entrusted with the following responsibilities:

• The design, dissemination, evaluation and review of orientation, training and updating programs for staff and trainees;
• The design, implementation, evaluation and review of programs to improve the quality of care and professional activities.

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS* Reporting to the Coordinator of community level infections, emerging risks and environmental health, the incumbents contribute and supports the coordination, planning, organization, implementation, evaluation of initiatives within the team, and specifically files pertaining sexual health;* Collaborating with public health regional teams, and local healthcare teams, she/he/they will support and contribute to the following Public Health files: contact tracing for infectious diseases, outbreak support, prevention, awareness campaign and any other programs identified by the immediate supervisor;* The holder of this position will work as part of an interdisciplinary team in the community level infections, emerging risks and environmental health team;* All Public health department staff may be mobilized temporarily during a public health urgency. More specifically:

• She/he/they will work on contact tracing for STBBI by doing direct intervention, and/or coordinating and supporting the work of others, depending on the needs of the team;
• She/he/they will be responsible for the development of the health protection program related to sexual health, in collaboration with other professionals;
• She/he/they will ensure the health protection program is developed in accordance with cultural safety principles;
• She/he/they will be responsible to ensure support and collaborate to develop tools, procedures, protocols and all related documents pertaining to STBBI and health protection interventions;
• She/he/they will be responsible for the support and development of knowledge transfer activities on STBBI and health protection related to sexual health for front line staff and the regional team as needed;
• She/he/they will be mobilized and work with the medical advisors and all necessary departments when Infectious Diseases investigations are required;
• She/he/they will collaborate on active surveillance and monitoring of infectious disease data and support with strategies to address needs identified;
• She/he/they will carry out any other function at the request of the supervisor.

REQUIREMENTS Education:

• Member in good standing of the O.I.I.Q;
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing or an undergraduate degree consisting of three (3) admissible certificates, of which two (2) are accredited certificates in Nursing.

Experience:

• Three (3) years of experience as a nurse including: o One-two (1-2) years of experience with health protection within a public health context.

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of, and experience with, public and community health prevention and promotion related approaches, methods, issues and programming;
• Strong knowledge of, and experience with the PIQ;
• Strong knowledge of Infectious Disease management;
• Strong knowledge of epidemiological investigation
• Strong knowledge of sexual health related dynamics
• Strong Knowledge of STBBI
• Strong knowledge of First Nation contexts;
• Knowledge of MSSS programs and regulations for first lines services is an asset;
• Good professional record in curative or community health nursing in a similar type of environment;
• Teaching abilities;
• Knowledge of Cree culture, and social/health issues in Eeyou Istchee is an asset;
• Knowledge of Eenou/Eeyou Pimaatsiiun healing practices and paradigms is an asset;
• Excellent communication skills, both group animation, written and presentation;
• Excellent interpersonal and listening communication, leadership and teamwork skills;
• Excellent critical thinking, organizational and decision-making skills;
• Good knowledge of software applications such as Outlook, Word, Power Point;
• Employee will be expected to work some evenings and weekends as needed.
• Flexibility in hours and fluctuation of working hours should be expected as this position will be involved in crisis management.

LANGUAGE* Fluent in English and French;* Fluency in Cree is an asset. OTHER* This position includes on-call periods;* Must be flexible to work some evenings and weekends as needed;* Must be available for flexible schedules and fluctuating work hours, as the incumbent will be involved in crisis management;* Available to travel inside and outside of the Eeyou Istchee territory as required;* Possibility of telework. This position offers the possibility of telework, depending on operational needs and after agreement with the employer. Please note that this is not a permanent condition of the position and the employer reserves the right to request regular physical presence in the office.