Registered Practical Nurse; RPN) Pembroke Mackay
Who We Are
Carefor is Eastern Ontario’s largest home care and community support services not-for-profit, with over 1,200 employees operating in Eastern Counties, Ottawa, and Pembroke-Renfrew County. The founding chapter of the Victorian Order of Nurses, Carefor has been helping seniors and people living with disabilities in Eastern Ontario live with choice and dignity since 1897.
For our staff, we are proud to help them be the best they can be both now and into the future. Through comprehensive onboarding and continual training, you are continuously improving your professional practice with Carefor; and with the HOOPP pension plan, great benefits and a flexible schedule, we’re looking out for you and your family. At Carefor, we know our work matters, and we’re proud of the impact we have in people’s lives.
This is a unionized position under Liuna 3000.
It is a part-time, permanent (30 hours bi-weekly or 0.4 FTE) rotation at the Carefor Mackay Centre in Pembroke, ON.
Schedule:
Week 1 of Master
Friday (7:00 a.m.
- 3:00 p.m.)
Week 2 of Master
Monday (7:00 a.m.
- 3:00 p.m.) Saturday (7:00 a.m.
- 3:00 p.m.) Sunday (7:00 a.m.
- 3:00 p.m.)
Under the supervision of the Retirement Home Care Teampervisor, the Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) is responsible for the provision and management of holistic, inclusive, compassionate quality nursing care to residents of the Carefor Retirement Home. RPN will assume a leadership role by teaching, delegating, mentoring, and providing guidance to different levels of workers within the care team. Care is provided within the framework of quality & risk management, Carefor policies and procedures, standards and scope of practice set by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), and other identified Best Practices and Directives.
Responsibilities- Provides complete, relevant assessment of the resident and describes and/or documents according to documentation standards of practice.
- In collaboration with the Manager or designate, prepares and updates the resident health assessment and plan of care.
- Effectively and safely administers medication according to Carefor procedures and CNO standards of practice
- Collaborates and advocates with other members of the health care team to ensure residents receive quality care in a timely manner.
- Identifies problems using a specified framework, critical thinking, and in consultation with the Manager or designate and resident, selects and implements individualized strategies or interventions in order to focus care on resolving or managing the problem
- Describes, evaluates and documents resident’s responses to care accurately, clearly and comprehensively using objective and subjective data.
- Describes rationale for referrals and changes in Plan of Care.
- Provides organized, outcome directed care on an ongoing basis
- Identifies and utilizes tools and resources for work and manages these resources through regular monitoring of equipment etc. and reporting unusable equipment to Supervisor or designate.
- Delegates care appropriately
- Meets with residents and family to orient them to the residence.
- Seeks input from residents to assure that service meets expectations
- Plans, implements, evaluates and adjusts care in accordance with resident focused expectations
- Functions in accordance with the standards of nursing practice from the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Functions in accordance with the Carefor policies and procedures and the strategic direction, Occupational Health and Safety legislation, RHRA legislation and regulations, Infection Prevention and Control practices, and any other pertinent practice and directive.
- Reports the absence of or defect in any equipment or protective device of which he/she is aware and which may endanger him/herself or another…
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