Registered Practical Nurse

Hamilton General Hospital; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Hamilton is seeking a Registered Practical Nurse to provide high-quality nursing care in collaboration with the Registered Nurse. The role involves participating in continued education and improving practice through quality initiatives. Candidates must have a valid registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario and recent experience in acute medicine. Successful applicants will demonstrate effective communication and organizational skills in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Current Certificate of Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Practical Nurse.
• Recent nursing experience in acute medicine within the last 2 years.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care to patients in collaboration with the Registered Nurse.
• Participate in continued education and maintain necessary certifications.
• Support quality initiatives to improve practice.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Patient handling

Organizational skills

Education

Certificate of Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario

Current BCLS Certificate

Job description

Unit Summary

Acute Medicine at the Hamilton General Site encompasses 8 West and 8 South which are both Clinical Teaching Units. 8 West provides care to acute adult medical patients as well as alternate level of care patients. 8 South provides care to acute adult medical patients as well as patients requiring a step-down unit level of care and telemetry. The interdisciplinary teams on both units collaborate to provide high quality care for patients with acute medical diagnoses (e.g. myocardial infarction, diabetic ketoacidosis, pneumonia, endocarditis, etc.) and chronic medical diagnoses (e.g. heart failure, COPD, coronary artery disease, etc.) throughout the various stages of their illnesses.

Position Summary

As a member of the healthcare team, the Registered Practical Nurse will provide high quality nursing care to patients in collaboration with the Registered Nurse on both units. The RPN will participate in continued education and completion and maintenance of certifications associated with the identified nursing skills and complete learning plans to achieve these goals. The RPN will participate and support the quality initiatives on the perspective units to continually improve practice.

Schedule Work Hours: Rotating days, nights, weekends, holiday

Qualification

• Current Certificate of Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Practical Nurse
• Current certificates or current community college studies in asepsis, wound care, airway management, complex wound care, physical assessment, urinary catheterization, administering enteral feeds, medication administration, and transcribing physician orders and working knowledge of Telemetry
• Documented completion of IV administration and IV Management, Venipuncture and Blood and Blood Products Administration
• Current BCLS Certificate
• Recent, relevant nursing experience (within the last 2 years) in acute medicine
• Recent experience working with geriatrics and behavioral population
• Current Gentle persuasion approach (within the last 2 years)
• Demonstrated ability to function within an interdisciplinary team and competently work to full scope of practice within a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to function in an fast pace complex environment with medically changing acuity
• Ability to communicate (written and verbal) effectively with patients, families, and other members of the health care team
• Ability to organize, prioritize and problem solve effectively in response to patient care needs
• Demonstrated knowledge of safe patient handling
• Awareness of community resources for complex discharge planning participation

Guidelines

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.

This competition is open to all qualified applicants, however, qualified internal applicants will be considered first. Past performance will be considered as part of the selection process. If you are a previous employee of Hamilton Health Sciences, please note: the circumstances around an employee’s exit will be considered to an offer of employment. Proficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an asset.

How To Apply

CARE members of the STARS or PASS Program should connect with their Case Manager before applying for this position.