EDMONTON SOUTHSIDE PRIMARY CARE NETWORK – PRIMARY CARE REGISTERED NURSE

The Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network was the first PCN in Alberta. Over the past 17 years, the ESPCN has grown to become the largest PCN in Edmonton and consists of a team of health care professionals who are passionate about creating healthier communities. Each member of our team of healthcare providers plays a specific role in improving, coordinating, and delivering primary health services.
Our Vision is “to be the trusted cornerstone of a healthy community”. Our employees are exceptional and describe their colleagues as respectful, passionate, collaborative, and dedicated. Now’s your chance to join our amazing team of health care professionals as we lead in the provision of primary care through collaboration, innovation, and teamwork, creating healthy patients and satisfied providers. We are currently seeking an experienced Primary Care Registered Nurse to join our team!

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Primary Care Registered Nurse (PCRN) will provide comprehensive nursing services and care to patients within the Primary Care Network. The PCRN will assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care plans to patients of all ages. The PCRN will work to their full scope of practice, including performing restricted activities as outlined in the Health Professions Act in the primary care setting.
The Primary Care Registered Nurse (PCRN) will be an integrated team member at the ESPCN Central Office. The PCNRN will engage in a wide range of activities to support comprehensive patient care, including consultation and interventions for patients referred to the Central Office, program development, review, and delivery (in-person and virtual), nursing support for centrally delivered programs and services, and care coordination to manage patients referred to the central office. The Primary Care Registered Nurse – Central Office will also provide occasional PCRN coverage in ESPCN clinics and engage physicians who do not have a co-located PCRN to establish a PCRN role within their clinic.
The Primary Care Registered Nurse will work with the family physicians in the community, other health professionals and local and regional programming in a multidisciplinary environment to ensure a high quality of evidence-based health care to the practice population

· To work collaboratively in a centered patient-centered, integrated team-based practice within a primary care setting.
· To participate in program development, review, and evaluation.
· To engage in care coordination activities and proactive care and problem-solving.
· To participate in the culturally appropriate care of individual patients, practice populations and associated communities.
· To provide comprehensive nursing services and care to patients at the Central Office and in the family practice setting.
· The PCRN will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to patients of all ages and work with patients with complex healthcare needs.
· To make professional, competent, and autonomous decisions with patients as a member of the multidisciplinary team.
· To deliver and facilitate group programs and visits.
· To act as a nursing resource to other multidisciplinary team members, healthcare institutions and community agencies or programs.
· To ensure accurate, objective, and timely clinical documentation in the appropriate medical record.