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Baycrest Hospital has an opportunity for a

REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE (RPN)

Complex Continuing Care Unit (5 West)

Shift Type: Varies

The Complex Continuing Care Unit provides care for older patients with complex medical conditions in a non-acute hospital setting. The Complex Continuing Care Program helps patients and their families identify strategies that support quality-of- life goals as well as short term and long term care needs.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Plans for, delivers and evaluates nursing interventions, including medications, as well as treatments which fall within the RPN’s scope of practice
• Provides client-centred care within interdisciplinary care team to meet the personal care, activation, recreation and spiritual needs of clients
• Collaborates with the Registered Nurse to develop and revise the individualized care plan

Qualifications include but are not limited to:

• Current registration, in good standing, from the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) is required
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certificate, Level C - Automated External Device (AED) is required
• Experience in caring for geriatrics patients with complex medical care needs preferred
• Psychogeriatric experience, i.e. mental health assessment and intervention and working with responsive behaviours preferred
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills
• Basic computer skills – Meditech, Microsoft Word, and Excel preferred

Additional Benefits:

• % Vacation Entitlement
• Opportunity to enroll in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Program

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Remarkable people of Baycrest Health Sciences are changing the future of brain health and aging.

Thank you for your interest in joining Baycrest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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All successful candidates will be required to complete a police reference check/vulnerable sector screen.