About us
iPartner Health Care provides essential front line staffing solutions to clients that provide services in the community, long-term care and seniors living.
We are looking for local candidates in Scarborough with prior experience in Long term care or retirement home settings.
What you bring to our team?
· RPN in good standing with the College of Nurses in Ontario
· Experience in Long Term Care nursing is must; preference will be given to candidates with palliative care experience
· Access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license and insurance
· Availability to work every other weekend
· Availability to participate in rotational on call responsibilities
· A passion for making a difference in your community
Qualifications
· Registration/licensing with provincial regulatory college in good standing
· Working knowledge of applicable legislation including Mental Health Act, Substitute Decisions Act, Healthcare Consent Act, Privacy / Personal Health Information Act and others
· Superior oral and written communication skills to effectively interact with clients and families to ensure that barriers to communication do not impact the client’s ability to direct their own care process
· Effective skills in critical thinking and problem solving
· Current certification (within the past 12 months) of First Aid, CPR, completed within Canada
· Able to provide a current, clear Vulnerable Position Screening (VPS)
· Preferably has a minimum of 2 years’ experience as a practicing Registered Practical Nurse/Registered Nurse ideally in a Long-Term Care setting
· C.N.A. certification as a Community Health Nurse is an asset
Responsibilities
· Obtains informed consent prior to and throughout service provision
· Works collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team
· Provides safe, competent, compassionate, and ethical nursing care to ensure the personal safety of clients
· Uses appropriate assessment tools and techniques in consultation with clients and the health care team to assess clients regarding physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, cognitive, developmental, environmental, and social needs
· Engages client using a collaborative approach, building rapport and trust, achieving a mutual understanding and agreement to identify actual and potential client health care needs, strengths, capacities, and goals.
· Establishes and maintains appropriate professional boundaries with clients and the health care team, including the distinction between social interaction and therapeutic relationships
· Participates in necessary care conferences with Health Care team
· Maintains the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide safe, efficient, effective care in all areas of practice by keeping abreast of changes in practice setting that affect scope of practice
· Maintains professional client records related to client encounters and plans in compliance with organizational policies and the standards applied by the regulatory body or Nursing college.
· Shows respect for cultural needs, dignity, privacy and confidentiality of clients
· Discharges client when goals have been achieved
· Other duties as assigned
Job Types: Part-time, Temporary, Contract
Pay: $30.00-$34.00 per hour
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Scarborough, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- Do You Have a recent Vulnerable Sector (within 6 months)?
- Do You Have 2 Step TB skin test or Chest X-ray (within 6 months)?
- Immunization records - MMR?
Experience:
- RN or RPN: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- RN/RPN license (required)
Work Location: In person
