Registered Practical Nurse, Float Team - Permanent Full-Time (1.0)
About The Position
CHEO is a global leader in pediatric health, serving over 500,000 children and youth annually. Ranked among Canada's best healthcare employers, CHEO integrates clinical care, research, and education to provide seamless, patient-centered care. The Float Team nurse plays a crucial role in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for individual patients and families. This position offers an opportunity to develop a broad range of pediatric skills by covering various hospital units for immediate needs or longer-term vacancies. The Float Team nurse practices according to the standards of the College of Nurses of Ontario and CHEO's policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Current Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
- Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification
- Medication administration course
- Demonstrates knowledge of principles of safe medication administration and reconciliation and the ability to practice this in a clinical setting
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates the ability to participate as an active member of the health-care team
- Demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively in an oral and a written format with patients, public, colleagues and other health disciplines
- Demonstrates an understanding and a willingness to participate in self-evaluation
- Demonstrates the ability to participate in patient teaching
- Demonstrates a commitment to continuous Quality Improvement
- Demonstrates an understanding of aseptic technique and an ability to apply this knowledge in a clinical setting
- Vulnerable Sector Check
Nice To Haves
- Graduate of a college program in Practical Nursing
- Minimum two (2) years of Pediatric experience
- Bilingualism (English/French)
Responsibilities
- Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for individual patients/families.
- Covering "just in time" needs or longer-term vacancies throughout the hospital.
- Practicing according to the standards of practice of the College of Nurses of Ontario.
- Complying with CHEO’s policies and procedures.
Benefits
- New hires to the Float Team will receive necessary support from the designated Clinical Resource Nurse
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
