Registered Practical Nurse – Critical Care #578-26
- Owen Sound, ON, Canada
WAGE RATE: $37.071 – $38.157 · Part-time
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- WAGE RATE: $37.071 – $38.157
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Original job description
Categories: Nursing|Service
Location(s): Owen Sound
Types: Part Time
DEPARTMENT: CRITICAL CARE
POSITION LOCATION: OWEN SOUND
UNION AFFILIATION: OPSEU – SERVICE
STATUS: PART-TIME
REASON TO POST: DIRECT REPLACEMENT
WAGE RATE: $37.071 – $38.157
Reporting to the Manager of Critical Care, Owen Sound Site, the Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) works collaboratively in an inter-disciplinary team to provide care to those patients with a stable and predictable outcome. The RPN demonstrates professional development and clinical competency, utilizes the nursing process to assess plan, implement and evaluate patient care, addresses health educational needs for patients and families, and other health care providers, manages patient care assignments as well as other organizational tasks related to patient unit operations.
Qualifications
Required:
Location(s): Owen Sound
Types: Part Time
DEPARTMENT: CRITICAL CARE
POSITION LOCATION: OWEN SOUND
UNION AFFILIATION: OPSEU – SERVICE
STATUS: PART-TIME
REASON TO POST: DIRECT REPLACEMENT
WAGE RATE: $37.071 – $38.157
Reporting to the Manager of Critical Care, Owen Sound Site, the Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) works collaboratively in an inter-disciplinary team to provide care to those patients with a stable and predictable outcome. The RPN demonstrates professional development and clinical competency, utilizes the nursing process to assess plan, implement and evaluate patient care, addresses health educational needs for patients and families, and other health care providers, manages patient care assignments as well as other organizational tasks related to patient unit operations.
Qualifications
Required:
- Graduate of an accredited college nursing program
- Registered and in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Successful completion of a Basic Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation course or willingness to complete within three months of hire
- Successful completion of Coronary Care 1 course or willingness to complete within six months of hire
- Successful completion of Coronary Care 2 course or willingness to complete within 12 months of hire
- ACLS certification or willingness to complete within 12 months of hire
- Brightshores Code Blue course (annually)
- Two years recent acute care nursing experience
- Excellent organizational and patient assessment skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with patients, families and other healthcare professionals
- Excellent problem-solving, decision-making and interpersonal skills
- Commitment to continuing education and professional development
- Participation in quality improvement initiatives on the unit
- Recent satisfactory performance and attendance records
- Demonstrate, promote and encourage Brightshores’ values – We Show Up for Each Other, We Are Trusted to Act, We Create Solutions Together, We Strive for Better, We Share Accountability
- Advocates and supports a culture of patient safety and demonstrates an understanding of how the department service and assigned responsibilities contribute to overall patient safety at Brightshores through patient safety knowledge, skills and attitudes
- Commitment to fostering an inclusive, respectful and culturally safe workplace that embraces diversity and promotes equity and belonging
- Comply with all applicable health and safety policies, procedures and regulations, and actively contribute to maintaining a safe and healthy work environment
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Responsibilities
Provide nursing care to patients with stable and predictable outcomes as part of an interdisciplinary team. Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care; address education needs; manage assigned patients; and support unit operations.
Requirements
Applicants must be graduates of an accredited college nursing program and be registered in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario, with BLS certification and two years of recent acute care nursing experience. Required or time-limited training includes cardiac rhythm interpretation, Coronary Care 1 and 2, ACLS, and the annual Brightshores Code Blue course; strong assessment, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills are also required.
Skills
- Patient Assessment
- Nursing Process
- Critical Care
- Basic Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation
- Coronary Care
- Basic Life Support
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
- Patient Education
- Care Planning
- Clinical Competency
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Problem-Solving
- Decision-Making
- Quality Improvement
- Patient Safety
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Registered Practical Nurse
- Critical Care
- Acute Care Nursing
- College of Nurses of Ontario
- Basic Life Support
- Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation
- Coronary Care 1
- Coronary Care 2
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
- Brightshores Code Blue
- Nursing Process
- Patient Assessment
- Care Planning
- Patient Education
- Interdisciplinary Team
- Patient Safety
- Quality Improvement
- Clinical Competency
- Continuing Education
- Culturally Safe Workplace
- Health and Safety