Licensed Practical Nurse jobs in Canada

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Requisition Details:

Employment Status: Regular, Full Time (1.0 FTE)
Program Name: Visiting Nursing
Number of Hours Bi-Weekly: 75
Work Schedule: Days, Evenings, Includes Weekends
Union/Bargaining Unit: UNIFOR
On Call: No

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:

Nurses who join our team receive diverse assignments and ongoing clinical education and training opportunities. We support our employees by offering a work environment that strives to reinforce work life balance. Corporate values of respect, compassion, and excellence are upheld. These positions will be of interest to nurses who value client teaching, communication, autonomy and decision-making, and find community nursing challenging and rewarding.

Responsibilities:

• Provide and manage high quality, appropriate and cost effective nursing care to all individuals and/or families in the community who are assigned to their care
• Responsible to teach and delegate tasks and functions to different levels of workers and to family members and others in accordance with the standards and scope of practice as determined by VON and the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Comply with all standards, policies, procedures and legislative requirements
• Participate as a member of the health care team in relevant committees and working groups

Qualifications:

• Current Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Current CPR and First Aid certification will be requested
• Experience with pediatric patients with chronic conditions
• Demonstrated skills in observation, critical thinking, independent assessment, health teaching, communication and interpersonal relationship building
• Excellent assessment, teaching, problem solving and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team
• Experience working in a diverse population including mental health
• Must have personal vehicle and possess both a current driver’s license and proof of vehicle insurance
• A current and original copy of a satisfactory Criminal Records Check is required upon the start of your employment
• A vulnerable Sector Search and/or Child Abuse Registry Check may be required
• Ability to speak French is an asset in French Designated areas'
• Must be able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Attention to detail; Lift and carry using appropriate lifting techniques; Bend, push, pull, grip, reach, kneel, crouch using good body mechanics; Walk, sit, stand, climb stairs; Hand movements.

VON Canada is committed to meeting the needs of persons with disabilities and to providing accessibility accommodations for candidates who require them. If you are in need of accessibility support, please visit our website at http://www.von.ca/en/accessibility for further details.

Attention Current Employees (Internal Applicants): If you are applying to a unionized position and you are a member of its bargaining unit, please be aware that this posting may remain open beyond the deadline if there are not enough applicants to fill the position(s). If the posting remains open after the initial deadline, VON may close the posting at its’ discretion or a rolling deadline equivalent to the posting period specified in your Collective Agreement will be deemed, and each successive period will be treated as a separate posting for purposes of comparing seniority between candidates.

VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) is Canada's largest, national, not-for-profit, charitable home and community care organization. Support us today! www.GiveToVON.ca

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