William Charles Health Centre Staff List - Updated: June 9, 2010

Shirley Henderson	Portfolio Councillor / Health Director
Rose Cardinal	Nurse in Charge
Eva Henderson	Finance
Marlene Naytowhow	Health Finance Reports
Judy Bird	Reception
Wilfredeen Halkett	Administrative Assistant
Georgina Ballantyne	Home Care Health Nurse
Yvonne McDonald	Home Health Aides
Conrad Naytowhow	Home Health Aides
Vanessa Ross	Elders Care Worker
James Ballantyne (Stanley)	Homecare Maintenance
Laura McCallum	Community Health Nurse
Leslie Brooks	Community Health Nurse
Marilyn Sanderson	Community Health Nurse
Raina Henderson	Community Health Nurse
Delphine Ross	Maternal Childcare Worker
Vivian Merasty	Dental Therapist
Florence Windels	CHR
Mary Agnes Bird	CHR
Eleanor Claxton	Mental Health Therapist
Stanley Bird (Buddy)	Brighter Futures Coordinator
Theresa Halkett	NNADAP Worker
Mavis Bird	NNADAP Worker
Lisa Gamble	Medical Transportation Coordinator
Kermit Bird	Medical Taxi Driver
Francis Bird	Medical Taxi Driver
Geri Bird	Medical Taxi Driver
Robert LaVallee	Security
Allan Bird	Security
Rick Bird	Security
Norman Stamp	Custodian

The William Charles Health Centre is a nursing station serving the Montreal Lake Cree Nation on reserve. The holistic needs of the community are provided by the Health Centre Team through a variety of programs such as Nursing, Home Care, NNADAP, etc. A medical doctor comes to the community one day per week and all other urgent and emergency cases are transported to the hospital in Prince Albert either by ambulance or by our medical taxi.

Health Care

Making home visits to the sick, aged, disable/handicapped, mothers with children and families experiencing crisis in their lives to provide needed health care assistance by:

• Identify and refer situations that require further attention to the appropriate personnel; e.g. sick child referred to nurse; family with no food referred to welfare worker/council; child abuse / neglect referred to ICFS
• Maintain contact with the elderly and monitoring their nutritional status and general state of health
• Accompany the nurse for prenatal and postnatal home care visits
• Counsel and monitor chronically ill diabetics and discuss their status with the nurse
• the doctor and nurse on home visits to the acutely ill
• Taking blood sugar and blood pressures
• Weighing patients
• Assist nurses during Doctor’s day
• Prepare dental consent forms at the beginning of the school term and distributing these to both schools
• Prepare first aid kits for the schools, daycare, bush workers, etc.
• Assist in emergencies

Assisting and Liaising

Professional development and assisting members of the health care delivery service by:

• To attend conferences and workshops on health issues as requested by the Councillor in Charge or Health Director.
• To attend meetings regularly with members of the health care delivery team to discuss matters of mutual concern including programs, projects, problems and clients
• Serve as an interpreter for the elderly on doctor’s day and when other who are direct/indirectly involved with health visit the community

Support Administration Activities

To provide support to community members in a health related way by:

• Pulling charts when requested
• Sterilizing medical equipment
• Accompany some patients especially the elderly and school children to out of town medical and optometrist appointments
• Handle and file medical charts
• Search for medical files for names of children who are school age
• Xerox medical records to other health centers when children move
• Clean the clothing storage room
• Search for public health records for children living off reserve
• Substitute for secretary/receptionist when she is away
• Prepare and submit a monthly written report for the Health Committee
• Attend, upon request, the Health Committee meetings