Registered Practical Nurse

at  Lakeridge Health

CUPE

Job Title: Registered Practical Nurse
Status: Regular Part Time
Department: LG LTC 6W RESIDENTIAL
Program: Long Term Care
Days, Evenings, Weekends; 8 Hour Shifts (Subject to Change)
Location: Lakeridge Health Long Term Care AP
Wage Schedule: $35.090 - $37.050 per hour
Posting Reference: 2400003106
This position is open to all qualified CUPE staff throughout Lakeridge Health commencing 24 September 2024 and closing at 11:59 pm on 1 October 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 Responsibilities:

• 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:

• Current Certificate of Registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Practical Nurse
• 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
• Must provide a satisfactory Criminal Investigation Reference for the vulnerable sector, dated within the past six (6) months;
• 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;

• 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 require