Registered Practical Nurse
- Hamilton, ON, Canada
Part-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Part-time
- Experience
- Recent clinical experience (within 2 years) with a rehabilitation, geriatric, surgical or orthopedic patient population
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
As a member of the healthcare team on M2, the Registered Practical Nurse assesses and provides nursing care to meet the needs of mostly senior patients suffering from orthopedic conditions and works collaboratively with Registered Nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to optimize the functional goals of patients.
- Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nursing of Ontario as a Registered Practical Nurse.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Rehabilitation Nursing.
- Knowledge of outcome measurement, eg. Functional Independence Measure
- Familiar with a Primary Nursing Model of Care
- Demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary care and a nursing professional practice model
- Current BCLS certification
- Recent clinical experience (within 2 years) with a rehabilitation, geriatric, surgical or orthopedic patient population
- Experience and skill in pain management, providing enteral and parenteral nutrition, complex wound care and vascular access.
- Successful completion of the Gentle Persuasive Approach (GPA) WORKSHOP
- Demonstrated excellent communication (written and verbal), teamwork, problem-solving, time management, organization and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated computer skills including Meditech
- Demonstrated initiative and ability to work well independently
- Demonstrated knowledge of TLC protocols (transfer/lifts for caregivers)
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Registered Practical Nurse provides direct nursing care to senior patients with orthopedic conditions on the M2 unit. They work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient functional goals.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nursing of Ontario and possess recent clinical experience in rehabilitation, geriatrics, or orthopedics. Additional requirements include BCLS certification and completion of the Gentle Persuasive Approach workshop.
Skills
- Nursing care
- Rehabilitation nursing
- Pain management
- Wound care
- Vascular access
- Enteral nutrition
- Parenteral nutrition
- Meditech
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Organization
- Interpersonal skills
- Gentle Persuasive Approach
- Functional Independence Measure
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Social Services
Keywords
- Registered Practical Nurse
- Healthcare
- Orthopedic
- Rehabilitation
- Geriatric
- Nursing
- Meditech
- BCLS
- Gentle Persuasive Approach
- Functional Independence Measure
- Primary Nursing Model
- Interdisciplinary care
- Wound care
- Vascular access
- Enteral nutrition
- Parenteral nutrition
- Pain management
- TLC protocols