Registered Nurse – Mobile Clinic - Job ID: 2026-107

JOB POSTING

Part-Time Regular Position

Parkdale Site

Job ID: 2026-107

Registered Nurse – Mobile Clinic

1 (One) Part-Time Permanent Position, 0.8 FTE (28 hours/week),

Bargaining Unit – Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) - Region 3, Local 95

Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre (Parkdale Queen West CHC) is a dynamic, community-based health care organization serving mid-west downtown Toronto. Offering a broad range of services, including primary health care, dental care, harm reduction, health promotion, counselling, and community development programming, we are also committed to serving people who face barriers to health care, and we strive to reduce these barriers. PQWCHC is a multi-sited organization.

General Responsibilities: We are currently seeking a Registered Nurse to provide holistic health care to clients accessing care through PQWCHC’s Mobile Health Services. This may include providing care to individuals in buildings where they reside and in partnership locations. The RN will work to their full scope of practice as a member of the interprofessional team. They will work within a harm reduction framework to provide a broad spectrum of health promotion, disease prevention, chronic disease management, education, treatment and supportive care.

A key collaborating partner for the mobile health services is University Health Network’s (UHN’s) Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine. Through applying a social determinant of health approach, the Social Medicine and Population Health Program aims to bridge health services and the broader social environment of UHN’s most medically and socially complex patients/clients with the highest needs through the design, implementation, research and evaluation of new care models and initiatives to address the health implications of inequity.

Reporting Manager: Manager, Integrated Care

Specific Responsibilities

• Triage incoming patient calls, assess patient health care needs, discuss test results and respond to questions pertaining to health promotion, disease prevention and registration to ongoing primary care
• Maintain the medical record alert system to recall patients for health promotion and disease prevention follow-up such as pap smears, mammograms, FIT testing, and hypertension testing
• Administer and record immunizations and allergy injections and assist in vaccine management
• Assist in Infection Prevention & Control (e.g., instrument reprocessing)
• Perform clinical procedures such as pap tests, suture removal, skin and wound dressings, TB testing, wart treatment, and ear-syringing
• Perform blood pressure checks, assessing response to medications, educating patients and promoting health through blood pressure management
• Participate in outreach nursing via the Mobile Health Clinic, a fully equipped clinic on wheels with some in-home and in-clinic work with partners as needed
• Work collaboratively with the health care team in the development, implementation and monitoring of chronic disease management programs around key health issues
• Engage in collaborative community relationships to facilitate patient access to services
• Work independently and collaboratively with members of the integrated care team

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from a recognized program
• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
• 3 or more years of experience in a community setting or combination of community, hospital or public health
• Experience in primary care or street/outreach nursing is considered an asset
• Knowledge and experience in mental health, harm reduction and chronic illness
• High level of comfort working with diverse populations, unhoused people, immigrants and refugees, people who use drugs and people with mental health-related concerns and respects and values the diversity of communities and individuals
• Experience in emergency response
• Experience in program development, implementation monitoring and evaluation is considered an asset
• Demonstrated ability to de-escalate conflict
• Confidence in asserting and maintaining strong boundaries
• Knowledge of community services and resources; strong advocacy skills
• Proficiency in the use of electronic medical records
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Respects and values the diversity of communities and individuals

Compensation: $72,353.91 to $85,949.76 per annum, plus Group Benefits and HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan)

If you are interested in joining in a creative and dedicated team, we want to hear from you! Applicants, please send your resume and cover letter in a single document (MS Word or PDF format only). Please apply using the form at the bottom of the PQWCHC employment page: https://pqwchc.org/contact/employment/ 

Job ID: 2026-107

Please also note that the successful candidate will be required to provide a police vulnerable sector check as a condition of employment, however strong consideration is made to the type of offense. Employment is conditional upon having had a full series of COVID-19 vaccinations (2 doses, plus booster within 6-12 months) 14 days before starting employment.

PQWCHC is committed to the principles of access and equity. PQWCHC is committed to reflecting the diversity of the communities it serves and we encourage applicants who reflect Toronto’s indigenous, LGBTQ2, racial, and cultural diversity. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request. Parkdale Queen West CHC is in full compliance of the Ontario Human Rights Code and does not discriminate on the ground of records of offenses.