As a member of the healthcare team, the Registered Practical Nurse will provide high quality nursing care to patients in collaboration with the Registered Nurse on the unit. The RPN will participate in continued education and completion and maintenance of certifications associated with the identified nursing skills and complete learning plans to achieve these goals. The RPN will participate and support the quality initiatives on the unit to continually improve practice.

Qualifications

Current Certificate of Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Practical Nurse

Current certificates or current community college studies in asepsis, wound are, airway management, complex wound care, physical assessment, urinary catheterization, administering enteral feeds, medication administration, and transcribing physician orders and working knowledge of telemetry

Documented completion of IV administration and IV Management, Venipuncture, and Blood and Blood Products Administration





Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certificate

Recent, relevant nursing experience (within the last 2 years) in acute medicine

Recent experience working with geriatrics and behavioural population

Current Gentle Persuasion Approach (within the last 2 years)

Demonstrated ability to function within an interdisciplinary team and competently work to full scope of practice within a multidisciplinary team

Demonstrated ability to function in a rapid pace complex environment with medically changing acuity

Ability to communicate (written and verbal) effectively with patients, families, and all other members of the healthcare team

Ability to organize, prioritize, and problem solve effectively in response to patient care needs

Demonstrated knowledge of safe patient handling

Awareness of community resources for complex discharge planning participation

📌 Registered Practical Nurse- 8 South (Canada)
🏢 Hamilton Health Sciences
📍 Canada