Registered Nurse – Diabetes Management Centre
Company
Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber. Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier CommunityOur Values: Compassion, Excellence, CourageOur Goals: Quality, Access, SustainabilityOur Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
Location
Mississauga, Ontario
Duties
Position Summary:
Responsible for development of nursing care plans and counselling for patients with diabetes and/or co-morbidities such as renal, cardiovascular disease and mental illness
Responsible and accountable for decisions and actions in the provision and management of nursing care for patients with diabetes in a collaborative inter-professional team environment
Broad understanding of resources available in the community to help support caseload of patients through critical thinking and problem solving to ensure best practices are maintained
Assist and support clients to gain the knowledge, skills, attitude and self-awareness necessary to effectively manage his/her diabetes
Monthly rotations in the inpatient units at the Mississauga Hospital to support bedside teaching for diabetes and safe discharge.
Function as a part of a multidisciplinary team, and act as a resource for other health care providers and the community
Using a variety of teaching methods, incorporating the principles of adult education and a variety of client engagement or empowerment modalities to facilitate behaviour change (ie motivational interviewing, stages of change )
Facilitates group education programs for patients as needed
Develops appropriate education materials to meet the needs of the clients
Assists in program planning and evaluation
Requirements
Key Qualifications:
- Certified Diabetes Educator
- Membership in the Diabetes Educator Section of Diabetes Canada preferred
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in counselling clients with diabetes on an individual and group basis
- Good working knowledge of diabetes and comorbidities through the lifecycle, adult teaching principles and patient engagement strategies
- Good working knowledge of diabetes medications, including insulin
- Highly effective decision making, problem solving and organizational skills combined with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
- Proficiency in computers, Microsoft Office and experience with electronic medical records and good keyboarding skills are essential
- Reliable, flexible, creative professional, able to work effectively and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team approach required
- Experience using medical directives an asset
- Additional language an asset
- Positive attendance and work record essential
- Member in good standing with College of Nurses of Ontario
Salary
Clinical Patient Services $34.24 - $48.17
Contact
Name
Senna Yadeta
Title
Recruiter
Job Posting Link
Trillium Health Partnerswebsite
Display Date
2023-03-02
Expiry Date
2023-03-16
