Position Title: Registered Nurse
Reports to: Director of Care/Associate Director of Care
Job Location: Brockville, Ontario
Salary Range / Classification: $36.06 to $54.59 per hour
Job Type: Part-time, permanent
Availability / Rotation: Ability and willingness to work a rotation: all shifts - days, evenings, nights: weekends & holidays. Availability for call-in shifts

POSITION OVERVIEW

Reporting directly to the Director of Care, the Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing our residents with quality care. In providing a range of nursing care to residents with a variety of physical and / or behavioural concerns, the RN will collaborate with health team members to facilitate positive outcomes for the resident.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Registered Nurse in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Experience working in Long Term Care desirable.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification.
• Skill in planning, co-ordinating and supervising the work of other nursing personnel.
• Training in the Gentle Persuasive Approach and U-First is considered an asset.
• Experience using PointClickCare an asset.

SOFT SKILLS:

• The ability to act as a role model with staff, residents, and members of the public. This includes interacting tactfully and courteously with residents, families and visitors, and encouraging effective teamwork as a positive role model for other staff and students.
• Provide effective support and supervision for the RPN, non-registered staff, support staff and students.
• Effectively maintain positive relationships with other multidisciplinary team members, families and the public.
• Demonstrate effective, professional oral and written communication.
• The ability to manage emergency situations effectively and efficiently.
• The maturity to assume accountability for one’s own actions.

• Provide nursing care in accordance with administrative policies, physician orders, and the Standards of Nursing Practice as described by the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Determine, collect and organize the information required for care planning by utilizing all available resources, reporting pertinent information to other members of the multidisciplinary health care team.
• Collaborate and participate with other members of the health care team in care planning and to act as a resource person to other staff members.
• Assess a resident’s condition by recognizing and interpreting signs and symptoms and, where appropriate, initiate remedial health measures.
• Assess, plan and implement appropriate interventions, and evaluate nursing care for individual residents.
• Assume responsibility for the administration of medications and treatments as prescribed and for the safekeeping of drug and narcotics.
• Identify and understand the needs of the residents, setting realistic short and long-goals.
• Maintain records for each resident in compliance with policies of Sherwood Park Manor.
• Assume maximum safety for residents and staff, ensuring incident or accident reports are completed.
• Develop and modify the resident care plan as determined by the biopsychosocial assessment of the resident’s individual needs, evaluating regularly for effectiveness.
• Assist with health teaching for residents, including collaborating with the Assistant Director of Care and/or Director of Care in performance appraisals and reviews.
• Perform additional related duties as required.