Registered Nurse Pre Admission

The pre-admission centre provides comprehensive pre-operative assessment, teaching, initiation of individualized care plans and discharge planning.

The RN works within a changing environment and in inter-professional teams to advocate for and promote wellness while ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and ethical nursing care. The RN shares his/her knowledge and expertise with others and contributes to the advancement of nursing practice excellence. The RN continually enhances his/her practice and competencies through ongoing learning, education, experience and reflective practice. The primary role of the RN is to provide holistic, evidence-based, culturally appropriate, patient-centred quality care in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario standards and Unity Health's mission, vision, values and policies.

Responsibilities

The primary role of the RN is to provide holistic, evidence-based, culturally appropriate, patient-centered quality care in accordance with the CNO, ORNAC, NAPAN standards and Unity Health Toronto's mission, vision, values and policies. The RN optimizes the patient´s experience and care outcomes by:

• Being accountable for one's decisions and professional practice;
• Establishing a therapeutic relationship with the patient;
• Collaborating with other members of the patient's care team; and,
• Coordinating and communicating patient care activities.
  
  

Patient Care

The RN has 4 key areas of responsibility:

• Acquires information to assess patient care and learning needs
• Develops a plan of care and integrates nursing activities with other inter-professional activities
• Engages in critical inquiry and reflection to select evidence-based interventions
• Organizes nursing care and assigns or changes nursing care activities where appropriate
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care and adjusts the plan as needed
• Anticipates, recognizes and addresses rapidly changing situations
• Provides health education to patients and their families using effective teaching strategies
• Documents observations, assessments and care provision
• Contributes to discharge and transition planning
• Refers patient to other agencies or services as needed
  
  

Collaboration & Coordination

• Serves as the primary resource for organizing and coordinating patient care activities
• Establishes and maintains respectful, collaborative, therapeutic and inter-professional relationships
• Coordinates and communicates patient care activities for a safe and seamless transition and appropriate transfer of accountability
• Participates in hospital committees and other groups
  
  

Leadership

• Aligns behavior with Unity Health Toronto's vision, mission and values and Code of Conduct
• Supports the advancement of professional practice
• Utilizes effective judgment in assigning patient care activities
• Engages in self-reflection, performance review and ongoing learning
• Participates in mentoring, teaching and /or coaching students, co-workers and other regulated and unregulated health professionals
• Embraces change that leads to improved nursing practice and better patient outcomes
• Advocates for a safe and healthy work environment
  
  

Research

• Participates in or supports research projects
• Supports and participates in evidence based practice implementation and quality improvement initiatives
  
  

Qualifications

• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Current BLS certificate required.
• 2 years recent related in-patient surgical or OR experience required.
• Physical Assessment course required. Candidates, who have not completed this course, may be considered, provided there are willing to complete within one year and there are no other qualified applicants.
• Pre-Admission Clinic experience preferred
• Experience in curriculum development, including the ability to develop and conduct group patient and family education classes and in-services for Health Centre team members.
• Demonstrated excellent physical assessment skills required.
• Health Education skills.
• Proven ability to make appropriate independent decisions.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to co-ordinate care within department by utilizing effective time management skills and best practice guidelines so that patient experience is optimized.
• Demonstrated effective collaborative inter-disciplinary relationships.
• Satisfactory attendance record.
  
  

Unity Health Toronto is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We strive to provide a recruitment process that is barrier-free and in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We understand that you may require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. When you are contacted, please inform the Talent Acquisition Specialist and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs. We want to emphasize that all accommodation requests are handled with the utmost confidentiality, respecting your privacy and dignity.