Casual Registered Practical Nurse, Riverview Gardens

About the role

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is currently accepting applications for permanent casual Registered Practical Nurses for Riverview Gardens Long-Term Care facility with the Seniors Services division.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate Chatham-Kent’s core values and competencies
• Direct and lead the team of PSW staff to ensure quality care is delivered to our residents
• Perform a variety of routine nursing procedures such as distributing medication to residents, taking blood pressure, temperature and pulse, collecting blood and other specimens, preparing residents for tests and surgery, and changing residents' dressings
• Aid Registered Nurses with such procedures as respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
• Provide basic physical and supportive nursing care for residents with other members of the health care team (Registered Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses, and Doctors)
• Monitor residents' progress, report changes in residents' condition and environment, and confer with other health care professionals about the plans for resident care
• Ensure consistency in approach and optimum benefit for the residents by assessing, and identifying resident goals, planning, implementing, and evaluating the resident's progress
• Follow all guidelines as legislated under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Play an integral role in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of residents
• Protect own health and health of others by adopting safe work practices, reporting unsafe conditions immediately, and attending all relevant in-services regarding occupational health and safety
• Provide planned resident-oriented, goal-directed nursing care in accordance with the provincial standards of care
• Maintain compliance with the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 and CNO standards
• Skin and wound care as per best practice guidelines
• Supervise and train Personal Support Workers, Registered Practical Nurses and students

Qualifications

• Secondary school graduation diploma or equivalent education (i.e. GED certificate) required
• Completion of a Practical Nursing program required
• Completion of a post-diploma geriatric program is preferred
• Training in appropriate use of restraints and current best practices in least restraint policy an asset
• Experience with RAI-MDS coding an asset
• Familiar with Point Click Care (PCC) / EMAR (Electronic Medication Administration Record) an asset
• RPN work experience, or student placement experience, in a long-term care home an asset
• RPN work experience or student placement experience in a setting for care of the elderly
• Experience with restorative care
• Experience participating in a workplace committee
• Excellent team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess computer keyboarding skills
• Certifications, memberships, licenses: Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) as an RPN required
• Possess current Standard Level First Aid and Level C CPR certifications
• Healthcare Provider (C) certificate

Essential Physical And/or Safety Requirements

• Annual Flu immunization is required
• 2 step TB skin test to be completed within two weeks of starting position
• The employer may request a “Physical Task Analysis”
• Bending: frequent twisting, kneeling, squatting, crawling; constant stooping (up to 4.55 kgs or 10 lbs)
• Walking: frequent balancing; constant walking on level surface (up to 28.6 kgs or 63 lbs)
• Reaching: frequent reaching above shoulder; constant reaching below shoulder, forward, handling (up to 4.55 kgs or 10 lbs)
• Lifting: frequent lifting, at shoulder, carrying, pushing at or above shoulder, pulling at or above shoulder; constant lifting floor to waist, waist to shoulder, pushing below shoulder, pulling below shoulder (up to 28.6 kgs or 63 lbs)
• Standing: constant standing inside (up to 4.55 kgs or 10 lbs)
• Hands: frequent fine finger dexterity (movement), gripping, pinching (up to 4.55 kgs or 10 lbs)

Benefits

This permanent casual position has an hourly wage of $28.67 - $33.73. This position also qualifies for the $2.00 per hour wage enhancement which will increase the hourly wage to $30.67 - $35.73. This position will receive 15% in lieu of benefits following the successful completion of a probationary period and 4% vacation pay as per the Unifor Riverview Gardens collective agreement.