CUPE

Job Title: Registered Practical Nurse

Status: Regular Full Time

Department: MEDICINE FLOAT POOL

Program: Medicine

12 Hour Shifts - DDNN (Subject to Change

Location: Lakeridge Health Ajax-Pickering

Wage Schedule: $36.950 - $39.020 per hour

Posting Reference:

Lakeridge Health is more than a hospital. It is a health network that includes five hospitals, a long-term care home, a community-based surgical centre, and more than 30 community sites across the Durham Region. Guided by our vision of One System. Best Health. and supported by a dedicated team of nearly 9,000 staff, physicians, and volunteers, Lakeridge Health is a place where the best people want to start, grow, and finish their careers in health care. We are focused on fostering an environment that’s inclusive, compassionate, innovative, and joyful. This is Lakeridge Health

NOTE: There is an expectation that the successful candidate will work on all Ajax Pickering Hospital Medicine or Health Aging program units. This includes 2E, 2W, 4E, 2N, 4E, 4W, or Surgical Units (subject to change if floor locations change)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to Manager of the LHAP Medicine Float Pool, the successful candidate will be responsible for personal patient care, vital signs, physical assessment, administration of medications, monitoring IV's, monitoring telemetry,



setting up medical equipment as appropriate and other duties as assigned. The RPN will participate as a member of the Float Pool, Multidisciplinary Team and the Nursing Team at the Ajax site on Medicine/Health Aging program units. As an individual practitioner, the nurse will maintain competence and professionalism relevant to current practice. The nurse will be responsible for maintaining the health record according to hospital policy, procedure and standards.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (in valuable standing);
- Registered Practical Nurse Diploma from an accredited community college;
- Current B.C.L.S. certificate;
- Recent medical-surgical experience and evidence of recent related continuing education;
- Coronary Care I course (or equivalent) required OR must enroll in the next available Lakeridge Health Telemetry course and successfully complete upon hire;
- Demonstrated self-motivation regarding continuing education in areas of patient assessment, patient education, leadership and related Clinical Specialties;
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to change in patient care assignments, patient care units and hospital sites within the Corporation;
- Ability to lift, turn,

📌 2600002416 - Registered Practical Nurse (Ajax)
🏢 Lakeridge Health
📍 Ajax