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Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - Complex Continuing Care Unit

Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - Complex Continuing Care Unit

BaycrestToronto, Ontario, Canada
30+ days ago
Salary
CA$36.46–CA$37.05 hourly
Job description

Responsibilities include but are not limited to : Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

  • Plans for, delivers and evaluates nursing interventions, including medications, as well as treatments which fall within the RPN’s scope of practice
  • Provides client-centred care within interdisciplinary care team to meet the personal care, activation, recreation and spiritual needs of clients with special emphasis on end of life care
  • Collaborates with the Registered Nurse to develop and revise individualized care plan

Qualifications include but are not limited to :

  • Current registration, in good standing, from the College of Nurses of Ontario (‘CNO’) is required
  • Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (‘BCLS’) certificate, Level C - Automated External Device (‘AED’) is required
  • Knowledge of Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Standard of Care an asset
  • Previous experience in palliative care preferred
  • Psychogeriatric experience, i.e. mental health assessment and intervention and working with responsive behaviours preferred
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills
  • Basic computer skills – Meditech, Microsoft Word and Excel preferred
  • Additional Benefits :

  • Vacation Entitlement
  • Opportunity to enroll in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
  • Access to 24 / 7 Employee Assistance Program