Registered Nurse (RN), Visiting Nursing - Full-time

VON Canada; Ailsa Craig; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health organization in Ontario is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide client-centered care in home settings. Responsibilities include managing nursing care, performing assessments, and educating clients and their families about health management. The ideal candidate holds a valid Registered Nurse designation and has experience in community health. This full-time role requires flexibility in scheduling and offers the chance to impact the lives of clients and their families positively.

Benefits

Community Commitment Program for Nurses incentive

Flexible work schedule

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with a valid license.
• Experience in home care or community health is preferred.
• Ability to perform technical nursing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate care for clients in their homes.
• Provide physical assessments and rehabilitation therapy.
• Educate and counsel clients and families on health management.
• Document nursing processes and client responses.

Skills

Client-centered care

Evidence-based nursing

Communication skills

Health assessment

Education

Registered Nurse designation

Job description

Requisition Details

Employment Status: Regular, Full-time (1.0 FTE)

Program: Visiting Nursing

Number of Hours Bi-Weekly: 75

Work Schedule: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends

On Call: Yes

Existing Vacancy: Yes – we’re currently hiring candidates for an existing vacancy in this position

Are you a new graduate, retired nurse or nurse looking to enter back into the nursing field? You may qualify for the Community Commitment Program for Nurses (CCPN) through Health Force Ontario. This program provides a $25,000 incentive to eligible nurses in exchange for a 24-month commitment to an eligible employer. To view eligibility requirements, click here: www.healthforceontario.ca/ccpn

Our Visiting nurses provide client care in the client’s own home. They provide physical assessments, symptom control support, palliative care, rehabilitation therapy, wound care, education, counselling to individuals and families and much more.

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the provision and management of client and family centered, evidence-based, efficient nursing care to individuals and families in their homes and community. The Registered Nurse ensures care is provided within the framework of quality & risk management and the standards and scope of practice set by VON, relevant provincial regulatory body and Community Health Nurses of Canada. The Registered Nurse is responsible for safe and appropriate teaching, assignment and delegation of tasks to different categories of workers.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages and coordinates care; evaluates health outcomes; educates, counsels and advocate for individuals to meet health goals
• Provides all levels of nursing care whether caring for stable clients with predictable outcomes or unpredictable outcomes and whose health needs are acute, complex and rapidly changing.
• Provides cost-effective, organized, outcome directed care on an ongoing basis and assigns/delegates care as necessary.
• Provides service consistent with the standards established by VON and provincial regulatory body and Community Health Nurses of Canada.
• Provides complete, relevant assessment of the client, family, and caregiver and their environment utilizing pre-set procedures.
• Develops a care plan with the client and family or caregiver based on the nursing assessment.
• Incorporates discharge planning in to the care plan as required.
• Implements nursing strategies or interventions according to the established care plan.
• Performs technical nursing skills at a safe level in accordance with nursing principles and VON policies and procedures.
• Describes and documents nursing processes clearly, concisely, accurately and appropriately, according to regulatory and VON standards.
• Describes and documents clients, families, or caregiver's responses to care plan using established procedures.
• Utilizes appropriate interviewing and communication skills to obtain information from the client, family, or caregiver.
• Evaluates clients, families, or caregiver's responses to care plan for the achievement of realistic client-centered outcomes and revises plan as required.
• Promotes involvement of client, family or caregiver in determining health and service needs.
• Supports the health and well-being of clients and families and client and family engagement in care to support independence.
• Negotiates with client, family or caregiver as necessary to ensure the effective delivery of care while respecting client choices.
• Analyses and incorporates current research findings into clinical practice.
• Reports and discusses client's status on a regular basis with other members of the health care team.
• Documents rationale for referrals, increase and decrease in visits, and for discharge based on relevant, sound data and established guidelines.
• Refers clients to appropriate categories of nursing providers, support providers and to other disciplines utilizing established guidelines.
• Identifies and utilizes tools and resources for relevant work and manages these resources.