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Public Health Nurse (PHN) provides health promotion, disease prevention, education, assessment, counseling and consultation services to individuals, groups and communities within population health promotion. Services are offered in communities, homes, schools and outreach locations. Travel and the use of a personal vehicle are required. Responsibilities include applying relational practice, health equity concepts, nursing process, and collaboration with clients, families, co-workers and community partners to support health-enhancing behaviours across diverse populations within public health frameworks. This role emphasizes client-centered, trauma-informed, culturally safe care, with duties spanning education, assessment, and programmatic interventions in line with the Public Health Act, School Act, and Infants Act, and requires ability to work independently within a team and manage workload while utilizing computerized systems.