Student Wellness Hub provides a range of health services to McGill students with a focus on awareness, prevention, and early intervention for both the Macdonald and downtown campuses. The Student Wellness Hub has a variety of clinicians that provide one-on-one appointments, therapy groups and other services. Within the Student Wellness Hub, the Healthy Living Annex focuses on health promotion and offers peer support programs.

Position Summary

- Under the direction of the Nursing Manager provides nursing care, counselling, and assists physician.
- Organizes and participates in campaigns, educational programs and other activities related to illness prevention and health.
- Organizes, distributes and verifies the work of others, and participates in their training.
- Collaborates in research projects.
- Acts as resource person on health related matters.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

- Assesses care needs of students presenting to the clinic.
- Establishes clinical priorities and enacts the appropriate course of action, including liaison and referral to medical staff and other health-care within the institution and community at large.
- Ensures adjustment, coordination and follow up of such services.
- Promotes student wellness with collaborative, patient-centered approach to health and wellbeing.
- Empowers students to monitor and maintain their health.
- Performs a preliminary mental health and/or physical health examination of persons that present to the Student Wellness Hub, by evaluating, treating and/or referring students to appropriate resources in the same day through an appointment at the clinic and/or to external resources (e.g. CLSC, ER, walk-in clinics).
- Assesses student's medical priority and condition (i.e.,



urgent, semi-urgent, non-urgent); provides support for health issues.
- Monitors and records vital signs, performs blood draws, health assessments, collects relevant data and documents in the patient chart.
- Acts as a resource person for physical and mental health related matters.
- Implements referrals to dieticians, doctors, therapists, Wellness Advisors, Access Advisors, Dean of Students, OSVRSE, SAA, and other university resources.
- Participates in a cooperative care model at McGill.
- Meets one-on‐one with students with mental health concerns for initial evaluation and follow up as needed.
- Assesses and intervenes with students in mental health crisis; performs risk assessments, makes referrals, as appropriate and required.
- Identifies crises and initiates the Crisis Management Protocol.
- Collaborates with students to establish wellness goals and create safety plans.
- Provides support and resources to students experiencing abuse, discrimination and harassment.
- Responds to and assesses emergency situations and applies appropriate measures.
- Uses excellent clinical judgment and applies collective orders.
- Monitors students experiencing urgent issues such as severe allergic reaction and acute chest pain and alerts the physician.
- Performs EKGs based on medical order.




- Administers cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and operates an AED (defibrillator).
- Contacts emergency services and refers patients to the emergency room when necessary.
- Prepares student for urgent transportation to hospital.
- Monitors student's health status while awaiting transportation.

The list of duties and responsibilities outlined above is representative and not a complete and detailed list of tasks which may be performed by an employee whose position has been matched to this generic job description.

Other Qualifying Skills and/or Abilities

- Must be licensed, in good standing, with the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ); possess a prescribing license (or eligible to obtain one).
- Demonstrates ease and understanding of the Protocole d'immunisation du Québec (PIQ).
- Experience in de-escalating high-risk / crisis situations, strongly preferred.
- Experience in a clinic environment with proven experience performing triage in a fast-paced clinic setting.
- Experience navigating mental health resources within the private and public health care systems, is a strong asset.
- Must be customer focused and service oriented, which includes but is not limited to being approachable, responsive, attentive and helpful.
- Proven discretion in dealing with confidential and/or sensitive information or situations.
- Assists all clients with a positive attitude, tact and diplomacy while maintaining a professional manner and competence at all times.
- Demonstrates ability to explain protocols to patients and obtain informed consent.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative, problem-solve and organize work within area o

📌 Nurse (Montreal)
🏢 McGill University
📍 Montreal