Description
Position Summary
The Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) Supported Attachment Nurse Navigation Program plays a key role in supporting the attachment of unattached patients to primary care providers across Northumberland. Working in collaboration with primary care practices, community partners, and the Ontario Health Team of Northumberland, the RPN facilitates a coordinated, client-centered onboarding process that improves access, continuity, and equity in care.
This role focuses on clinical intake ensuring patients are appropriately assessed, supported, and connected to the primary care provider.
The RPN works both independently and collaboratively within small and diverse primary care settings, helping to standardize processes while adapting to local workflows and capacity.
Location: Colborne to Port Hope
Hours of work: 17 +/-
Salary: $38.45/hour
Key Responsibilities
1. Patient Attachment & Transition Support
- Provide client- and family-centered care to individuals being attached to primary care.
- Conduct initial client intake, including health history, basic assessments, and identification of care needs within RPN scope.
- Support a structured and welcoming onboarding process for newly attached patients.
- Ensure required documentation, screening, and information is collected prior to first primary care visit.
- Collaborate with primary care providers to support continuity and readiness for attachment.
- Support primary care providers with preventative care services, as required, including:
- Women’s Health: Demonstrates competency in women’s health assessments, including performing cervical cancer screening (Pap Testing), and supporting preventative care in accordance with current clinical guidelines.
- Well-baby Care and Immunization: Provides comprehensive well-baby assessments, growth and developmental screening, and administers routine childhood immunization in alignment with the provincial immunization schedule and best practice standards.
2. Care Navigation & Coordination
- Act as a liaison between patients and primary care providers.
- Identify and connect patients to appropriate health and social supports (e.g., chronic disease programs, mental health services, housing, income supports) where required.
- Support referrals and follow-up to ensure successful connections to services.
- Promote equitable access to care by identifying and addressing barriers (e.g., transportation, language, system navigation).
3. Practice & Program Support
- Work with participating primary care sites to implement consistent and efficient onboarding workflows.
- Adapt processes to fit small or solo practices with limited administrative support.
- Support data collection and documentation related to patient attachment and transitions.
- Contribute to continuous quality improvement by identifying gaps, trends, and opportunities.
4. Community & System Collaboration
- Build and maintain strong relationships with community agencies and healthcare partners.
- Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and Ontario Health Team initiatives.
- Contribute to a coordinated system of care that improves patient flow and attachment outcomes.
5. Team Contribution & Professional Practice
- Work collaboratively within an interprofessional team environment.
- Maintain professional standards in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO).
- Ensure confidentiality, privacy, and safe practice in all aspects of work.
- Participate in ongoing learning, communities of practice, and program development.
Experience
Qualifications
- Current registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) as a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN).
- Minimum 2–3 years of experience in primary care, community health, or a related setting.
- Experience supporting vulnerable or complex patient populations is an asset.
- Strong understanding of health system navigation and community resources.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently in dynamic and non-traditional care settings.
- Excellent communication, assessment, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency with electronic medical records (EMRs) and digital tools.
- Knowledge of health equity principles and social determinants of health.
Key Competencies
- Patient-centered care
- Care coordination & navigation
- Clinical assessment (within RPN scope)
- Collaboration & relationship building
- Problem-solving & adaptability
- Equity-focused practice
Apply
Email cover letter and resume to: [email protected]
Please note, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.
As part of our ongoing commitment to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the Community Health Centres of Northumberland will provide assistance to applicants who request accommodation throughout the recruitment process.
At the CHCN, we value diversity – in backgrounds and in experiences. Healthcare is a universal concern and we invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions to help build the future of healthcare and our communities.
Note that the CHCN is a scent free work environment and we ask that you refrain from wearing fragrances and other scented personal care products (i.e. perfumes, deodorants, lotions, hairspray, etc.) while at the Centre.
