Registered Practical Nurse Surgical Inpatient

Provide surgical nursing care as a Registered Practical Nurse on day and weekend shifts in Thunder Bay’s 3A Surgical Inpatient Unit.

Reporting to the Manager of Surgical Services, this role supports patients with predictable outcomes. You will practice within College of Nurses of Ontario standards and patient and family centred care. Work includes multidisciplinary collaboration, individualized care planning, and appropriate responses to patient changes.

• Provide quality nursing care to surgical inpatients
• Apply assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Develop individualized care plans and deliver nursing interventions
• Recognize unexpected responses and take appropriate action
• Collaborate with Registered Nurses when patients become unstable

• Current unrestricted Registered Practical Nurse registration in Ontario
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support certification
• Recent surgical nursing experience with preoperative patients
• Experience caring for postoperative patients receiving total parenteral nutrition
• Strong interprofessional and communication skills

Bring surgical nursing, clinical assessment, and collaborative communication skills to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s inpatient care team.