Please note this is a Talent Pool, intended to gather resumes for Future Vacancies
The IEN Intern plays a key role in delivering on Unity Health Toronto (UHT)'s mission, vision values and in advancing UHT's Professional Practice strategic directions.
Participants apply existing nursing knowledge and expertise in a preceptored, fully supervised clinical experience called the Supervised Practice Experience Partnership (SPEP) program. They advance their understanding of interventions that promote health and wellness for a broad range of challenges within a patient safety framework. Participants utilize a process of reflective practice and critical inquiry to evaluate individual and team decision-making processes and actions. Participants assume increasing autonomy and accountability in the provision of care for clients under the supervision of a preceptor. Participants create learning plans that focus on improved problem solving, holistic care, and evidence-based practice that meet the unique and variable health care needs of diverse clients across the continuum of care. The IEN Intern continually enhances his/her practice and competencies through ongoing learning, education, experience and reflective practice.
The primary role of the IEN Intern is to provide holistic, evidence-based, culturally appropriate, patient-centered quality care in a supervised setting in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario standards and requirements and UHT's mission, vision, values and policies. This includes:
- Being accountable for one's decisions and professional practice;
- Establishing a therapeutic relationship with the patient;
- Collaborating with other members of the patient's care team; and,
- Coordinating and communicating patient care activities to optimize the patient's experience and care outcomes.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The IEN Intern, working together with Preceptor:
- Acquires relevant health and situational information from a variety of sources to assess individual patient care and learning needs
- Develops a plan of care to address priorities and achieve desired goals; integrates nursing activities with other inter-professional plan of care activities to facilitate coordinated care
- Engages in critical inquiry and reflection to select evidence-based interventions to meet patient needs and goals
- Organizes nursing care based on patient care needs and priorities, assigning or changing nursing care activities where appropriate.
- Continuously gathers and analyzes clinical and other relevant data to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care and adjusts the plan as needed to achieve desired outcomes ensuring inter-professional team members are informed
- Provides health education using effective teaching strategies that take into account the patient/family's learning needs, readiness, and motivation to learn.
- Documents observations, assessments and care provision in a timely manner to facilitate a current and accurate record of the patient's status and enable effective inter-professional communication
- Contributes to discharge and transition planning and other planning activities to facilitate care continuity and coordination; advocates for care needs to be met in most appropriate care setting.
- Refers patient to other agencies (e.g. CCAC) or services as needed
- Seeks guidance from preceptor as required
- Serves as the primary resource for organizing and coordinating patient care activities while working collaboratively with others to achieve agreed-upon outcomes and optimize resource utilization for individual patients
- Establishes and maintains respectful, collaborative, therapeutic and inter-professional relationships within and across hospital units / programs (and externally where appropriate for his/her patient population)
- Coordinates and communicates patient care activities to facilitate a safe and seamless transition from one shift or setting/ unit of care to another; ensures appropriate transfer of accountability from one care provider to another
- Aligns behavior with UHT's vision, mission and values and code of conduct; promotes nursing as a knowledge-based profession; and, supports the advancement of professional practice plans and initiatives
- Engages in self-reflection, performance review and ongoing learning to maintain and improve professional practice and competence; contributes to others, learning and professional growth
- Embraces change that leads to improved nursing practice and better patient outcomes
- Advocates for a safe and healthy work environment
- Participates in or supports research projects that contribute to nursing and/or inter-professional practice pertaining to his/her unit /program / patient population
- Supports and participates in the implementation of evidence based practice (best practice guidelines and other forms of evidence) and quality improvement initiatives on unit/in programs including corporate initiatives
QUALIFICATONS:
- Current eligibility letter from the College of Nurses of Ontario indicating eligibility to participate in the Supervised Practice Experience Partnership (SPEP) program.
- BLS Certification
- Previous experience required for some programs (unique to each unit/program)
- Relevant knowledge and/or experience
- Ability to work collaboratively with other professions / disciplines in a team environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Good planning, time management, organization and coordination skills
- Confidence in oneself and capabilities
- Commitment to a patient-centred philosophy and inter-professional practice
To be considered for this role , please attach a copy of your letter from the College of Nurses of Ontario indicating eligibility to participate in the Supervised Practice Experience Partnership to this application.
Unity Health Toronto is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We strive to provide a recruitment process that is barrier-free and in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We understand that you may require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. When you are contacted, please inform the Talent Acquisition Specialist and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs. We want to emphasize that all accommodation requests are handled with the utmost confidentiality, respecting your privacy and dignity.
