Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Administer medications
- Conduct specimen collection
- Ensure infection control
- Monitor nutritional intake
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
- Record medication’s therapeutic and side effects observations in patient files
- Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
- Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families
- Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
- Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Eligible for licensure as a practical nurse by the province/territory of work
- Completion of the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Immunization records
- Adult Abuse Registry check
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial perks
- As per collective agreement
- Life insurance
- Night shift premium