Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) Ottawa (Clinic Nurse)
About The Position
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. As a Registered Practical Nurse at Carefor, you will make a difference in the lives of your clients by utilizing your excellent communication skills to obtain relevant information from your clients and their families. You will implement nursing strategies or interventions according to the established care plan in consultation with the client and/or caregiver and the health care team. You will utilize adult learning principals and teaching materials to provide guidance to clients and their caregivers. You will incorporate your research findings into your daily clinical practice while demonstrating your exceptional time management and advance planning skills that will promote client-directed care, self-care and independence.
Requirements
- Registration as a Registered Practical Nurse in the Ontario College of Nurses
- Clinical practice experience preferred
- Experience in community health preferred
Nice To Haves
- For positions requiring expertise in a specific field of clinical practice additional degrees/certificates may be preferred or required
Responsibilities
- Utilizes appropriate interviewing and communication skills to obtain information from the client/family
- Provides complete, relevant assessment of the client/family and their environment utilizing established procedures
- Describes and documents assessment findings utilizing established procedures
- In collaboration with the health care team, contributes to and updates the client’s care plan as necessary
- Documents problem(s) identified using a specified framework and focuses care on appropriate problem areas utilizing established procedures
- Selects and implements strategies or interventions from established care plans in consultation with the client and/or caregiver and health care team
- Describes, evaluates and documents client’s/family’s responses to care utilizing established procedures
- Provides rationale for and documents modifications to the care plan (e.g. visit schedule)
- Negotiates with client/family during delivery of care and respecting client’s choices and decisions
- Utilizes adult learning principles and established teaching materials to provide health teaching to clients and families
- Incorporates current research findings into clinical practice
- Documents clearly, concisely, accurately and appropriately according to Carefor standards
- Functions in accordance with the Standards of Nursing Practice from the appropriate provincial regulatory body (Ontario College of Nurses)
Benefits
- Competitive wages
- Defined Pension Plan with the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Employee Group Benefit Plan
- Premiums for evening and weekend shifts
- Paid Travel and time
- Paid Orientation
- Paid professional development and training
- Employee Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
