Registered Nurse; ONA-

Department:
Critical Care Response Team/Critical Care Unit Composite

Initial competition is now closed. We are continuing to accept applications until a candidate is selected.

The Critical Care Response Team (CCRT) nurse is an experienced critical care clinician responsible for responding to deteriorating patients throughout the hospital. The CCRT nurse provides rapid assessment, advanced clinical intervention, stabilization and consultation to support bedside teams in preventing adverse events such as cardiac arrest, respiratory failure and unplanned CCU admissions. The CCRT nurse also provides follow up care to post CCU transfers to the wards and to all CCRT requests for consultation.

This role promotes early recognition of clinical deterioration and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to improve and promote patient safety and positive outcomes.

• Current Certificate of Registration – College of Nurses of Ontario in good standing required
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers (HCP) Certificate required, within the last 12 months
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certificate required
• Current IV therapy certification and Central Line Management required
• Coronary Care Course (min. 25 hours) and/or Lead II/12 Lead Interpretation Course (min. 15 hours) required
• Minimum 5 years of Critical Care nursing experience (within the last 1-2 years) required
• Previous experience on a rapid response team (Rapid Assessment of Critical Events (RACE), Critical Care Response Teams (CCRT), Critical Care Outreach Teams (CCOT)) an asset
• Critical Care Nursing Certificate is an asset
• Current certification of added nursing skills:
  Defibrillation/Cardioversion, External Pacemaker, Emergency drug administration

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Work independently and collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, patient family members, regional support services and community partners
• Strong clinical judgment and decision‑making skills
• Provide health teaching to individuals and adult groups
• Commitment to continuing education on an annual basis and quality improvement
• Assume a leadership role as a cooperative member of a healthcare team
• Meet the physical demands of the job, provide nursing care to all patients, and support safety of fellow workers, patients, volunteers and visitors
• Problem solve and function in a fast‑paced environment with excellent assessment, critical thinking and intervention skills at a critical care nursing level
• Basic computer knowledge
• Good attendance
• Bilingualism (Advanced level English/French) required; unilingual candidates may be considered if French requirement is met or no successful bilingual candidates advance

Pay rate, benefits and other terms and conditions are as per the ONA Local 020 Collective Agreement.

North Bay Regional Health Centre is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require an accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

All new hires are required to complete a Criminal Record Check (CRC) or a Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC), as applicable to the position. A satisfactory result, in accordance with organizational requirements, is a condition of employment.

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