R​/Registered Practical Nurse – LTC – Part-Time

Responsible for providing care toclients as well as supervision and direction to staff including and not limited to PSWs, support services, etc. on a designated unit. The RPN supports the mission, vision andvalues of SJHCG, as well as working towards established goals and objectives. The RPN is also responsible for following all policies, processes and procedures of SJHCG.

• Performs allduties in accordance with legislation, the Standards of Nursing Practice ofthe College of Nurses of Ontario, the College of Nurses Guidelines for Professional Behaviour, the Mission Statement, and policies and procedures ofSt. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph.
• The Helping Role
  • Creating aclimate for and establishing a commitment to healing
  • Preserving the personhood of clients
  • Encounteringclients in a caring way
  • Maximizing the individual’s participation and control
  • Interpretingtypes of pain and selecting appropriate strategies for pain management and control
  • Providing comfort and communication through touch
  • Guidingindividuals through emotional and developmental change
• The Teaching-Coaching-Counselling Function
  • Providinginterpretation of the individual’s condition and giving rationale for procedures
  • Assisting clients and families in coping with changes in health
• The Diagnostic and Monitoring Function
  • Performingnursing assessment of clients with medical and psychiatric needs, referring/collaborating with the Registered Nurse in performing nursing assessment of older adults with complex medical and psychiatric needs
  • Detectingand documenting significant changes in a clients’ condition
  • Anticipatingdeterioration prior to explicit confirming diagnostic signs, and anticipatingchallenges and problem solving with others
  • Understanding the particular demands of an illness and anticipating care needs
  • Assessing the individual’s potential for wellness and for responding to varioustreatment strategies
• Effective Management of Rapidly Changing Situations
  • Managingextreme life-threatening emergencies before and after the arrival of theresuscitation team
  • Identifying and managing a client in crisis
• Administering and Monitoring Therapeutic Interventions and Regimes
  • Performing and monitoring vascular access (VA) therapy (hypodermoclysis)
  • Promoting safety, comfort, hygiene, Promoting respiration / oxygenation
  • Monitoringvital signs, weight change
  • Administeringmedications
  • Promotingfluid balance, nutrition and digestion, elimination, posture, mobility and ambulation
  • Preventing and controlling infection
  • Promoting skin integrity, neurological status, balance between rest and activity, psychosocial/mental/emotionalfunction
  • Obtaining,preparing, and preserving specimens
  • Assisting with diagnostic procedures
  • Planning and implementing nursing interventions, then evaluating the outcomes of nursing interventions for older adults with medical and psychiatric needs
  • Supporting client/family access to health care and community resources
  • Establishing and implementing education plans with and for clients and families
• Establishing and Maintaining Healthy Interpersonal Relationships
  • Demonstratingenthusiasm for working with older adults and their families
  • Developing and preserving therapeutic nurse/client relationships, developing and preserving collaborative relationships among members of the interdisciplinary team
  • Developing and preserving open communication between members of the health care team andthe client’s social support network
  • Developing and preserving ongoing collaborative relationships with community agencies and personnel
  • Developing and preserving collaborative relationship with the Director/ Nurse Manager.
• Monitoring and Ensuring the Quality of Health Care Practices
  • Contributing to the quality of working life of peers and colleagues
  • Enhan…