2400002591 - Registered Practical Nurse

CUPE

Job Title: Registered Practical Nurse (subsequent)

Status: Regular Part Time

Department: LG LTC 2WS BEHAVIOURAL SUPPORT

Program: Long Term Care

Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends; 8 Hour Shifts (Subject to Change)

Location: Lakeridge Health Long Term Care AP

Wage Schedule: $35.090 - $37.050 per hour

Posting Reference: 2400002591

This position is open to all qualified CUPE staff throughout Lakeridge Health commencing 20 August 2024 and closing at 11:59 pm on 23 August 2024.

Position Summary

Reporting to Nursing Leadership, the Registered Practical Nurse will provide excellent nursing care to residents at the Lakeridge Gardens 320 bed long term care home being built on the Ajax-Pickering hospital site.

This new home is part of the government's plan to improve long-term care delivery and capacity in Ontario and in the Durham Region. This state-of-the-art long-term care home sets a new bar for seniors' care, with dining and outdoor space on every floor, a large courtyard, onsite diabetes care and other important innovative features.

Just as Lakeridge Health is a beacon in the Durham community, the new long-term care home will be integral to managing and delivering on the needs and expectations of seniors in the Durham community and Ontario.

Duties And Responsibilites

• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating to provide high quality nursing care to residents;
• Assisting in the development and maintenance of an appropriate plan of care for each resident Ensuring resident care plans are initiated in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team
• Communicating with relatives regarding the care and condition of respective residents as required
• Participating in discharge planning, consultation, and/or transfer of residents
• Providing provide direct resident care and participate in resident teaching as required
• Encouraging active participation by residents in all therapy programs and recreational activities
• Providing first aid to staff when necessary and completing Employee Injury Reports
• Procuring and administer medications including injections and narcotics
• Participating in the orientation, on-the-job training and in-servicing of nursing staff as required
  
  

Qualifications

• Certificate of Registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Practical Nurse
• Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) in Dementia Care, DementiAbility training, and PIECES Learning and Development program successfully completed;
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training successfully completed within first three months of employment;
• Related experience in a geriatric or Long Term Care environment is preferred;
• Demonstrated commitment to maintain Reflective Practice Standards as outlined by the CNO;
• Demonstrated knowledge of and compliance with safe work practices
• Must possess strong written and oral communication, critical thinking, care coordination, time management and customer focus skills;
• Demonstrated empathy, concern and interest in providing quality care and service for residents
• Physical ability to perform the essential duties of the job
• Demonstrated commitment to our core values of Inclusion, Compassion, Innovation, Teamwork and Joy;
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to Lakeridge Health's comprehensive safety programs and practices including staff, patient and environmental safety and participation in regular in-services in this area
  
  

Conditions Of Employment

The terms and conditions of employment are in accordance with the Collective Agreement between the Hospital and C.U.P.E Local 6364.

Successful External applicants must provide a satisfactory Criminal Investigation Reference for the vulnerable sector, dated within the past six (6) months.

Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the recruitment and assessment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

At Lakeridge Health we value inclusion and diversity. We are committed to fostering a culture that is respectful, inclusive and accessible and to employing a workforce that is representative of the diverse community we provide services to. As an equal opportunity employer we welcome applications from all qualified applicants.

Lakeridge Health is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment and to preventing the transmission of COVID 19 infections among Lakeridge Health team members and our patients. New Lakeridge Health team members will be required to provide proof of full vaccination for COVID-19 during their Post-offer/Pre-employment Health Assessment, subject to any exemptions recognized under the Ontario Human Rights code.