Description
Employment Opportunity: Registered Nurse
Location: Halifax, NS
Salary Range: $41.76-49.99 per hour
Employment Term: Contract November 2025- March 31st, 2026 (possibility of renewal until Nov 2026), Full Time (35 hours per week) (Monday-Friday business hours, potential for evenings)
Reports To: Health Director and Clinical Lead
General Description
The Wije’winen Health Centre is a new project of the MNFC, and we are looking for one (1) full-time Registered Nurse (RN) to help cover a leave. The Wije’winen Health Centre is a Primary care facility, located in central Halifax/Kjipuktuk, that offers healthcare services to the urban Indigenous community.
At Wije’winen Health Centre, the role of the Registered Nurse (RN) in family practice partners with and complements that of the Primary Care Providers (PCP’s). The RN follows the patient through all stages of growth and development, through degrees of wellness and illness, from one setting to another, collaborating with other RNs, physicians, and expert providers in various settings. The RN provides holistic assessments and creates linkages with appropriate community resources.
The RN works in partnership with the PCP’s and other members of the health-care team to provide care to the entire patient population. The RN focuses on providing assessment, screening, healthy lifestyle support, education, acute episode support, and chronic mental health management with a goal of improving health outcomes and facilitating access to services.
Key Responsibilities
- Complete initial and ongoing client assessments (clinical and diagnostic reasoning), care planning, case management, evaluation of client competence in self-care and other related outcomes coupled with the provision of nursing care
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, public, community partners, primary care team members and other professionals and agencies using verbal, written and electronic communication means
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills within the scope of practice including clinical judgment and creative problem-solving skills and the ability to integrate and evaluate pertinent data (from multiple sources) to problem-solve effectively
- Performs a focused health assessment that includes health history and focused physical evaluation; considers the patient’s psychosocial, emotional, ethnic, cultural and spiritual dimensions of health, including his or her understanding of their health/illness experience and how their daily life is affected. This assessment is to be communicated with the attending physician for the purpose of finalizing a care plan.
Qualifications
- Baccalaureate degree in nursing or diploma entry registered nurse
- Current CPR and BLS
- Minimum of three years of experience as a registered nurse
- Current nursing registration with the Nova Scotia College of Nurses
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Submit Resume & Cover letter to: https://mnfc.applytojobs.ca/
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel working within this job title.
The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is an equal opportunity employer; and complies with all fair employment practices laws. We are committed to providing a workplace free from unlawful discrimination and harassment and prohibit the same against employees, applicants or other covered persons by co-workers, supervisors, managers, or third parties based on a person’s race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, veterans status, disability unrelated to job requirements, ethnicity, genetic information, military service, political affiliation, marital status and pregnancy or other protected status. Qualified Indigenous applicants will be given priority in accordance with the Aboriginal Employment Preference Policy of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre (MNFC) reserves the right to refuse all applications for employment. The MNFC will not assume any expenses related to this or any job application process included and not limited to travel, relocation, and application development. Only those applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted.