Registered Practical Nurse - Transitional Care Unit - Regular Full-Time 2025-19277 (2026-19277)
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Registered Practical Nurse in the CG-TCU at our Bayview Campus
Summary of Duties
Responsible for providing person centred care in the acute care setting of CG-TCU for patients who have been admitted to any of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre services, requiring ward level care and awaiting an inpatient bed. The RPN works as part of the interprofessional health care team to provide excellent culture-sensitive nursing care to patients with varying health needs in a rapidly changing, high turn-over practice environment supporting the ED. The RPN works collaboratively with Registered Nurses (RNs) in a consultative relationship to provide elements of care to the patients in the CG-TCU.
Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To
Summary of Duties
Responsible for providing person centred care in the acute care setting of CG-TCU for patients who have been admitted to any of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre services, requiring ward level care and awaiting an inpatient bed. The RPN works as part of the interprofessional health care team to provide excellent culture-sensitive nursing care to patients with varying health needs in a rapidly changing, high turn-over practice environment supporting the ED. The RPN works collaboratively with Registered Nurses (RNs) in a consultative relationship to provide elements of care to the patients in the CG-TCU.
Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To
- Care processes which include identifying the needs of patients and families
- Completing assessments, planning and continuously reassessing care
- Implementing evidence based interventions, and evaluating patient outcomes and the patient experience
- Demonstrate commitment to quality improvement, ongoing professional development and reflective practice
- Current registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario with no restrictions to practice as a Registered Practical Nurse
- Current Heart and Stroke Foundation CPR
- 1 year recent acute care nursing experience preferred
- Successful completion of pre-interview knowledge assessment tool
- Competency with the care for internal medicine, surgical, trauma, oncology, orthopedics, spine and neurosurgical patients
- Phlebotomy and IV certified preferred
- Competency with medical devices including but not limited to: CVAD, chest tubes, surgical drains, and infusion pumps
- Demonstrated commitment to Person-Centred Care
- Demonstrated application of escalation of care principles
- Demonstrated critical-thinking, decision-making, and problem solving skills in a fast a fast-paced, high turnover environment
- Demonstrated interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills
- Evidence of ongoing commitment to professional practice and support of a quality practice setting environment
- Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to safe, high quality, ethical care
- Demonstrated ability to identify when care needs of patient and family have changed and require a broader scope of knowledge, skill and judgment
- Demonstrated ability to plan and provide patient education to support discharge planning
- Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize patient care assignments within the RPN scope of practice collaboratively with RNs and other members of the inter-professional team
More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide person-centred nursing care to patients in the Transitional Care Unit, collaborating with registered nurses and the interprofessional team in a fast-paced acute care setting. Assess and reassess patient needs, plan and implement evidence-based care, evaluate outcomes, and support patient education and discharge planning.
Requirements
Requires current, unrestricted registration as a Registered Practical Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario and current Heart and Stroke Foundation CPR certification. Recent acute care experience is preferred, along with relevant patient-care competencies, strong clinical judgment and teamwork skills; phlebotomy and IV certification are preferred.
Skills
- Person-Centred Care
- Acute Care Nursing
- Patient Assessment
- Care Planning
- Evidence-Based Interventions
- Quality Improvement
- Critical Thinking
- Decision-Making
- Problem Solving
- Interpersonal Communication
- Teamwork
- Escalation of Care
- Patient Education
- Discharge Planning
- Phlebotomy
- Intravenous Therapy
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- Healthcare
Keywords
- Registered Practical Nurse
- College of Nurses of Ontario
- Heart and Stroke Foundation CPR
- Acute Care
- Transitional Care Unit
- Person-Centred Care
- Interprofessional Health Care Team
- Evidence-Based Interventions
- Quality Improvement
- Reflective Practice
- Internal Medicine
- Surgical Care
- Trauma Care
- Oncology
- Orthopedics
- Spine Care
- Neurosurgery
- Phlebotomy
- Intravenous Therapy
- Central Venous Access Devices
- Chest Tubes
- Surgical Drains
- Infusion Pumps
- Escalation of Care
- Patient Education
- Discharge Planning