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Job Description
Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) Part-Time, Stittsville
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The RPN will enhance the effective management and quality of nursing practice daily in keeping with the standards and expectations set out by governing bodies and internal policies and standards of care.
Responsibilities
- Ensure care is provided with established nursing standards and principles, physicians’ orders and administrative policies, as well as observe, report and record vital signs, symptoms and conditions of residents/patients. Assure observance of required techniques in nursing care
- Assist in assessing patients/residents and develop, implement, review and evaluate care plans. Monitor health, note changes in condition and assess need for referral to doctors; processes and implement physicians’ orders
Qualifications
- Appropriate current certificate of competence from the Approved Institutions for the province
- Registration or eligible for registration with the Approved Institutions for the province
- Previous supervisory experience in long-term care preferred
- Experience dealing with the cognitively impaired
- Comprehensive knowledge of nursing and health care practices, as well as knowledge in infection control practices
- Demonstrated commitment to working with seniors
- Ability to present information clearly and effectively both verbally (in person or over the phone) and in writing; an active listener who projects a friendly demeanor
- Ability to collect and use information to thoroughly think through problems and situations; puts information from various sources together to see the ‘big picture’ and generate creative solutions
- Organizational, planning, time management and multi-tasking skills
Time Type
Part time
When you choose to build your career with Extendicare, you’re joining a team dedicated to making a difference. By focusing our energy on enriching the lives of our residents every day, we transform both the quality of their lives and the quality of our own work experiences.