Registered Nurse

Cornwall Community Hospital; Cornwall; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join their interdisciplinary team. This role focuses on delivering safe, effective, and patient-centered nursing care, ensuring that patients can manage their clinical conditions while promoting self-care abilities. The ideal candidate will embody the organization’s mission and values, demonstrating commitment to patient safety and providing leadership within the care team. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the community while working in a supportive environment that values caregiver inclusion and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with strong clinical competencies in Women and Children’s Health.
• Must have valid BLS, FHS, and NRP certifications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective, patient-centered nursing care.
• Assist patients in managing clinical conditions and transitions.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Decision-making skills

Patient assessment

Critical thinking

Problem-solving skills

Teaching and mentoring

Education

Undergraduate degree in nursing

Community college diploma in related field

Certificate of registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario

Valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Current FHS certification

Current NRP certification

Job description

As a member of the interdisciplinary team, the role of Registered Nurse (RN) at CCH is to deliver safe, effective, patient-centered, ethical, and evidenced-based nursing care. The overall function of the RN is to assist our patients and community to manage clinical conditions and transitions and maximize their self-care abilities as well as embody a culture of caregiver inclusion in the patient’s plan of care. The RN also acts as a resource for members of the care team.

Requirements of the job

• Undergraduate degree (4 year) in nursing or community college diploma in related field
• Certificate of registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Is committed to living the Mission and Values of Cornwall Community Hospital
• Demonstrated regular, punctual attendance
• Demonstrated commitment to patient safety
• Clinical competencies as related to the patient population served on the unit / program of employment
• Ability, training and recent experience in the areas of Women and Children’s Health, pediatrics and obstetrics
• Current FHS certification
• Current NRP certification
• Participant of MORE OB
• Breastfeeding education
• Functional proficiency in both official languages (oral and written in English, oral in French)

Key skills or competencies

• Superior interpersonal organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work within an interdisciplinary team.
• Leadership and decision-making skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to adapt to change
• Excellent patient assessment, critical thinking, communication (oral and written), and problem solving skills
• Ability to develop, implement, evaluate and adapt a therapeutic nursing plan (Care plan)
• Ability to teach and mentor RPNs, RNs, students as required
• Completes established curricula as required at the unit level