Registered Practical Nurse, Pediatrics(Job Id 17542)

Job title: Registered Practical Nurse, Pediatrics

Job ID: 17542

Site: CA:ON:Toronto:St. Joseph's HealthCentre

Category: Nursing

Work type: Part time Temporary

Date posted: October 19, 2026

Salary range:

Shift/ hours of work:

Description

The Registered Practical Nurse will provide exemplary patient and family centred care in partnership with a variety of Paediatric patients within an Interprofessional Collaborative Team, in order to best meet the needs, values, and preferences of patients and their families. As a member of the team, the Registered Practical Nurse applies practical nursing theory in the assessment of patients, development of the nursing care plan in collaboration and partnership with the patient, family and entire interprofessional team, implementation of the care plan and ongoing evaluation of the patient.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

The primary role of the RPN is to provide holistic, evidence-based, culturally appropriate, patient-centred quality care in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario standards and Unity Health Toronto's mission, vision, values and policies. The RPN :

- Performs relevant initial and ongoing physical, social,



emotional and spiritual assessments using appropriate sources specific to the clinical practice setting.
- Ensures patient and family needs, values and preferences guide clinical decision making and are integrated into care planning.
- Recognizes deviation from normal health status; communicates assessment to the Registered Nurse and/or other appropriate interprofessional team members and takes appropriate action as required.
- Documents and communicates pertinent patient information in a timely manner.
- Collaborates with the interprofessional team to develop the plan of care in partnership with the patient and their family.
- Identifies patient's learning and transition planning needs and communicates this to the interprofessional team including Charge Nurse
- Coordinates inpatient and ambulatory care/services with the appropriate interprofessional team members.
- Fosters patient and family independence and reintegration into their community.
- Independently provides nursing care to stable, predictable patient populations with low risk of negative outcomes, in a safe, competent, and ethical manner.
- Provides accurate and consistent patient teaching in a flexible and creative manner.
- Maintains an accurate

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