Categories: Nursing|Service

Location(s): Owen Sound

Types: Full Time

DEPARTMENT: WOMEN & CHILD CARE UNIT POSITION LOCATION: OWEN SOUND UNION AFFILIATION: OPSEU – SERVICE **STATUS: FULL-TIME

REASON TO POST: DIRECT REPLACEMENT** WAGE RATE: $37.071 – $38.157 Reporting to the Manager, the Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) works collaboratively as a member of the inter-disciplinary team to provide care to those patients with a stable and predictable outcome within the defined professional scope of practice for Registered Practical Nurse as set out by the College of Nurses of Ontario.

Qualifications Required:

- Ontario College of Nurses registration
- Maternal/Newborn Assessment course or equivalent recent related experience
- Physical Assessment course or equivalent
- Competency in IV therapy, surgical aseptic technique, urinary catheterization, medication administration, enteral feeding, POCT, wound care, drain care, monitoring patient receiving blood and blood products and PCA certified
- Competency in assessing and facilitating the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding in support of the WHO baby friendly initiative (comfortable with the 10 steps to successful breastfeeding)
- Current Neonatal Resuscitation Provider certification (NRP)
- Current BCLS
- Breastfeeding Certificate




- Successful completion of the regional paediatric orientation program
- Recent experience in caring for mother/baby dyads
- Excellent organizational and patient assessment skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with patients, families and other multi-disciplinary team members
- Excellent problem solving, decision-making and interpersonal skills
- Commitment to continuing education and professional development
- Participation in staff meetings and unit specific projects
- Recent satisfactory performance and attendance records
- Demonstrate, promote and encourage Brightshores’ values – We Show Up for Each Other, We Are Trusted to Act, We Create Solutions Together, We Strive for Better, We Share Accountability
- Advocates and supports a culture of patient safety and demonstrates an understanding of how the department service and assigned responsibilities contribute to overall patient safety at Brightshores through patient safety knowledge, skills and attitudes
- Comply with all applicable health and safety policies, procedures and regulations, and actively contribute to maintaining a secure and healthy work environment

Preferred

- Prevention of Shaken baby Syndrome education
- Paediatric assessment and willingness to provide care to reliable paediatric patients

📌 Registered Practical Nurse – Women & Child Care Unit #433-26 (Owen Sound)
🏢 Brightshores Health System
📍 Owen Sound