Job Description

Requisition ID: 334301

Position Number: 20013776

Posting End Date: April 10, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: WRHA Community Health Services

Work Location: Access Downtown

Department / Unit: HC Nursing Downtown Team 2

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MNU-WCHREO

Anticipated Start Date: April 24, 2023

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $39.942 , $41.281 , $42.710 , $44.075 , $45.343 , $46.707 , $48.162

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We\'re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

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The successful applicant may be eligible for an annual full-time incentive of up to $2,000 each year until 2024 as per MOU #31 of the current MNU collective agreement.

Position Overview

The Clinical Facilitator works as a member of the Health Outreach and Community Support (HOCS) team to respond to requests to assist with the health and social service needs of marginalized, at-risk populations and the agencies that serve them. The HOCS service is population focused and a regional resource to all areas where population needs surface. This includes the emergency homeless shelters, Housing First programs, other partner agencies, regional health and social service sites as well as acute care sites.

The Clinical Facilitator provides outreach consultation, coordinated service planning assistance, capacity building support, and nursing assessment and services. The Clinical Facilitator works towards increasing the individual capacity of the HOCS population and increased organizational capacity of the sector agencies to provide services to the population. The Clinical Facilitator works in partnership with agencies, Primary Care, Home Care and Home Care Nursing to bridge service gaps and coordinate continuity of care in the community. Clinical practice is provided to meet immediate needs, support engagement, and establish person-centred plans while connections to longer term services are coordinated.

The Clinical Facilitator adheres to the documentation, consent and privacy standards of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. The Clinical Facilitator ensures that s/he performs her/his duties in a manner which is consistent with the standards of the WRHA and the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba.

The Clinical Facilitator responds to the direction and supervision of the Initiatives Leader. The Clinical Facilitator is a direct contact for community agency staff as well as health and social service staff to meet individual health needs and facilitate service access. The Initiatives Leader is the direct contact for program management issues with management staff of community agencies, WRHA, and government.

Experience

• Minimum three years community nursing with experience coordinating continuity of care.
• Minimum three years related community experience working with marginalized populations, including individuals experiencing homelessness as well as addictions and/or severe and persistent psychiatric disabilities.
• Demonstrated experience with independent decision-making.
• Experience with developing person-centered service/care plans.
• Experience with health and social service systems including knowledge of available resources for referral.
• Experience with providing capacity building support.
• Experience and compliance with protocols for consent, practice, documentation, and privacy.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Nursing (RN/BN required, BN preferred).
• ASIST Certificate (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training).

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba member in good standing.

Active participation in professional associations e.g. Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba (ARNM) preferred. * Valid driver\'s license and vehicle.

Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effective networking and agency relations skills.
• Ability to work cooperatively with other disciplines.
• Ability to perform both independently and as an integrated community team member including effective communication with team manager.
• Demonstrated effective organizational, interpersonal, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
• Willingness to adapt to new concepts, techniques and best practice.
• Ability to provide assessment and consultation support.
• Knowledge of Indigenous cultural history and population impacts.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of primary health care.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of population public health.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of Harm Reduction.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of Housing First.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of Trauma-Informed Recovery.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of Person-centered Planning.

Scope of practice as documented in the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA). * Computer literacy for communication, word processing and utilized clinical applications.

Physical Requirements

• Must be in good physical and mental health.
• May be exposed to physical and emotional stress.
• May encounter aggressive and/or agitated clients/visitors/staff.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

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