Job ID: 59672
Job Category: Health Services
Division & Section: Seniors Services & Long Term Care, LTC Regional Services
Work Location: Castleview Wychwood Towers, 351 Christie St, Toronto, ON M6G 3C3
Job Type & Duration: Part-time, Indefinite
Hourly Rate and Wage Grade: $45.30 - $49.64
Shift Information: Monday to Sunday, 37.5 hours per week
Number of Positions Open: 10+
Posting Period: 10-SEPT-2025 to 24-SEPT-2025
The City’s Seniors Services and Long-Term Care Division supports Toronto seniors and residents in long-term care homes to have the healthiest, most fulfilling lives possible through exceptional care and services. Vulnerable individuals who reside in the community are supported through adult day programs, supportive housing services, tenancy support and homemakers and nurses services. CareTO is our brand for the culture change we are investing in for the City’s 10 directly operated long-term care homes (https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/rental-housing-tenant-information/finding-housing/long-term-care-homes/careto/). The division values Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence which shape our organizational culture, our priorities, and the experiences of all those who live, work, volunteer, and visit.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

• Current certificate of Competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Baccalaureate in Nursing or a certificate in gerontology or the approved equivalent combination of education and experience as per Ontario’s Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 and Ontario Regulation 246/22.
• Experience working in a long-term or acute care environment.

• Develops, evaluates and modifies care plans for residents.
• Provides nursing care, including counseling, instruction, and the coordination of resident care (activation and recreation).
• Directs staff by assigning duties and establishing priorities.
• Examines, measures, and records temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, serum levels of glucose, weight, and neurological assessments using equipment, i.e. blood pressure cuff, glucometer, stethoscope, ophthalmoscope.
• Administers and interprets results of mental status tests using Folstein Test for cognitive recognition.
• Assesses the physical, emotional and psychological well-being of resident/client through observation and analysis of test and physical health indicators to evaluate care plan and identify modifications which may be required.
• Accompanies physician on rounds, providing information on resident/client condition and progress, and assisting with examinations, e.g., positioning, dressing and undressing residents/clients.
• Transcribes verbal or written physician’s orders for medication or other treatment. Prepares precise dosages of medication in accordance with physician’s orders, including narcotic and controlled drugs, and administers to residents/clients.
• Maintains inventory, ensuring medications are properly stored, safe and secure.
• Administers prescribed treatments as ordered by the physician, such as catheterizations, respiratory therapies, suctions, exercise, wound irrigations, and hot pack therapies using electronic/manual equipment for treatments, e.g., suction machine, hydrocullator.
• Administers first aid and emergency health measures, such as CPR.
• Prepares and applies clean and sterile dressings and bandages, and replaces, as required. Cleans wounds and lesions. Removes stitches and clips. Practices sterile techniques and other infection control procedures to minimize the transmission of infection.
• Monitors and participates in the personal care of residents/clients, as required; for example, hygiene, feeding, positioning, transferring, ambulation, toileting.
• Uses electric/hydraulic/manual equipment and lifting devices.
• Checks resident/client diet for therapeutic composition.
• Liaises, refers and advocates with community resources to coordinate admittances, transfers, and departures/deaths: hospitals (acute care, rehabilitation, and palliation), public health department, home care program, long term care facilities, ambulance services, diagnostic services, the coroner’s office and social services.
• Prepares and maintains documentation such as charts, nursing records, statistics, and reports.
• Performs delegated Medical Acts (duties) i.e. vaccinations, inoculations, eye irrigations, death pronouncement etc.
• Counsels, instructs, and confers with resident/client and family in planning care; provides emotional support; responds to enquiries and resolves complaints.
• Trains student nurses.