Registered Practical Nurse

Conteúdo do emprego

As a member of the health care team, provides nursing care within the Registered Practical Nurse’s scope of practice to medical/surgical patients.

• Current Certificate of Competence with the College of Nurses as a Registered Practical Nurse.
• Current B.C.L.S. (Basic Cardiac Life Support)
• R.P.N. Added Nursing Skills course required.
• Medication Administration course and Advance Wound Care required.
• Asepsis course required
• Recent experience in a medical/surgical unit within the last two years.
• Blood Glucose Testing by Finger Prick.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with patients, families and co-workers in an effective, professional, positive caring manner.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated excellence in communication skills, interpersonal skills and problem solving.
• Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills.
  

As a condition of employment, you are required to submit proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to Employee Health Services.

Job

Nursing

Primary Location

Ontario-Hamilton

This position will be located at

West Lincoln Memorial Hospital

Organization

Community Prg West Niagara

Status

Regular

Hours per week

22.5

Number of Openings

1

Union Code

CUPE 7800

Minimum Salary

30.5512

Maximum Salary

31.1747

Post Date

Dec 20, 2022, 12:00:00 AM

Ongoing

Unit Summary

C Ward is an acute adult community medical and surgical unit that provides care for medical, surgical, and telemetry patients. The unit is supported by a team of Allied Health Staff, Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, Clinical Education and Development, and support staff. A primary care physician model working together with the interdisciplinary team providing care to acutely ill patients, primarily geriatric population, including patients with multi system chronic illnesses.

Schedule Work Hours

days, evening, nights, weekends and holidays. This position is temporary until June 2023.

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.

To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website.

Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application processes, please contact HR Operations at 905-521-2100, Ext. 46947 for assistance. If the applicant requires a specific accommodation because of a disability during an interview, the applicant will need to advise the hiring manager when scheduling the interview and the appropriate accommodations can be made.

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 prior to an offer of employment

Proficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an asset

If this position is temporary, selection for this position will be as per the outlined Collective Agreements:

Article 30 (k), CUPE Collective Agreement

Article 10.7 (d), ONA Collective Agreement

Article 13.01 (b) (ii), OPSEU 273 Collective Agreement

Article 14.04, OPSEU 209 Collective Agreement

Article 2.07 and Article 13, PIPSC RT Collective Agreement