Rn (Community Health Nurse)

Calian is proud to continue a long-standing contractual relationship with the Department of National Defence (DND) to provide healthcare services to the Canadian Armed Forces. Through the Health Care Provider Contract, Calian employs health care professionals across Canada who are integral to supporting the health and wellbeing of our military members.
Position Overview
Calian is currently seeking a Full-time Community Health Nurse to add to our dedicated team of civilian professionals working at CFB Halifax. In this role you will be primarily involved with disease and injury prevention initiatives and overall health promotion and protection of all CAF members posted to CFB Halifax.
Responsibilities

• Assess individual needs for and provides education and counseling related to the prevention of health disorders and the maintenance of quality of life when health is impaired
• Manages and participates in desensitization clinics
• Attends clinics that support, and guide CF members affected by similar health conditions, documents and makes recommendations for outside referrals
• Participates in the management of the outcome data on population health and assists in the extrapolation of health trends pertaining to individuals.
• Promotes health improvement initiatives by planning, coordinating, and facilitating health promotion clinics.
• Manages and participates in immunization and travel medicine instructions
• Performs screening for tuberculosis and/or other illnesses
• Promotes health improvement initiatives by planning, coordinating, and facilitating health promotion clinics

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice in Nova Scotia
• Baccalaureate Degree from a recognized nursing program
• Copy of current BCLS certification
• 3 full time equivalent years of relevant clinical experience within the last 5 years (injury and disease prevention, health promotion and education, immunization programs, etc)

Additional Requirements

• You will be able to obtain a Government Security Clearance at the Reliability level