Registered Nurse / Licensed Practical Nurse
- Prince Albert, SK, Canada
$35 to $45 CAD / hour
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- Pay
- $35 to $45 CAD / hour
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible schedule
- Opportunity for advancement
ComForCare Home Care – Saskatchewan
Employment Type: Casual
Location: Prince Albert
Schedule: Flexible shifts based on client needs
Salary: $35-$45 an hour
About ComForCare
ComForCare Home Care provides personalized home care and private duty nursing services to individuals and families across Saskatchewan. Our goal is to help clients remain safe, comfortable, and independent while receiving high-quality care in the place they call home.
We are currently seeking compassionate and dependable Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Registered Nurses (RNs) to join our team on a casual basis and provide private duty nursing services to clients in their homes and community settings.
Responsibilities
Depending on the client's individual care needs and the nurse's scope of practice, responsibilities may include:
- Providing one-on-one private duty nursing care in clients' homes
- Completing nursing assessments and monitoring changes in client condition
- Medication administration and medication management
- Wound care and dressing changes
- Injections and other prescribed nursing treatments
- Catheter and ostomy care
- Monitoring vital signs and chronic health conditions
- Supporting clients following hospitalization, surgery, or illness
- Providing palliative and end-of-life nursing support when required
- Developing, reviewing, and following individualized care plans
- Educating clients and family members regarding care needs
- Maintaining accurate and timely nursing documentation
- Communicating with physicians, pharmacists, family members, and other healthcare professionals as appropriate
- Identifying and reporting changes in a client's health or safety
- Providing compassionate, respectful, client-centred care
Qualifications
- Current registration and good standing as an LPN or RN in Saskatchewan
- Current CPR/First Aid certification
- Recent nursing experience is an asset
- Experience in home care, community nursing, senior care, palliative care, wound care, or complex care is an asset
- Strong assessment, communication, and documentation skills
- Ability to work independently in a client's home
- Reliable, professional, compassionate, and client-focused
- Successful criminal record check and vulnerable sector check
- Valid driver's licence and reliable transportation are preferred, depending on client location
Why Join ComForCare?
- Flexible casual scheduling
- Opportunity to provide meaningful one-on-one nursing care
- Variety of client needs and nursing assignments
- Supportive and responsive management team
- Opportunity to help clients remain safely and comfortably at home
- Potential for additional hours as our private duty nursing services continue to grow across Saskatchewan
More about this job
Responsibilities
The nurse at ComForCare will provide one-on-one care in clients' homes, including medications, wound care, assessments and care plans. They will also document care, communicate with doctors and families, and report changes in a client's health.
Requirements
Candidates need current LPN or RN registration in good standing in Saskatchewan and current CPR/First Aid certification. Home care or palliative experience is an asset, along with the ability to work independently and pass criminal record and vulnerable sector checks.
Skills
- Medication administration
- Wound care
- Dressing changes
- Injections
- Catheter care
- Ostomy care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Nursing assessment
- Care plan development
- Palliative care
- Patient and family education
- Clinical documentation
- Interprofessional communication
- Chronic disease management
- CPR
- First Aid
Benefits
- Flexible casual scheduling
- Opportunity for advancement
- Potential for additional hours
Categories
- Healthcare
- Social Services
Keywords
- Registered Nurse
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- LPN
- RN
- home care nursing
- private duty nursing
- palliative care
- wound care
- medication administration
- casual nursing
- Prince Albert
- Saskatchewan
- community nursing
- senior care
- complex care
- CPR
- First Aid
Perks
- Flexible hours
Licences and certifications
- LPN
- RN
- CPR
- First Aid