Acute Care RPN — Fast-Paced, Patient-Centered Role

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Toronto; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre's Bayview Campus seeks a Registered Practical Nurse to join the CG-TCU team, delivering person-centred care in an acute setting and collaborating with RNs and the inter-professional team to support ED flow and inpatient bed readiness.

The role requires strong clinical judgment, great communication, and commitment to ongoing learning, with responsibilities spanning assessments, care planning, evidence-based interventions, and discharge planning support.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

RPN registration

CPR

acute care experience

Assessment tool

Internal medicine

Surgical care

Trauma care

Oncology

Orthopedics

Neurosurgical

Phlebotomy

IV therapy

CVAD

Chest tubes

Surgical drains

Infusion pumps

Person-centred care

Escalation of care

Critical thinking

Decision making

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

Professional practice

Ethical care

Clinical judgment

Patient education

Discharge planning

Care planning and prioritization

Job description

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre's Bayview Campus seeks a Registered Practical Nurse to join the CG-TCU team, delivering person-centred care in an acute setting and collaborating with RNs and the inter-professional team to support ED flow and inpatient bed readiness.

The role requires strong clinical judgment, great communication, and commitment to ongoing learning, with responsibilities spanning assessments, care planning, evidence-based interventions, and discharge planning support.