Registered Nurse -RN - Part Time
Home: Southbridge Cornwall
Location: Cornwall, Ontario.
Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - Permanent, Part-Time
Tired of living to work? Work to LIVE in beautiful Cornwall at our newly built, Southbridge Cornwall long term care home! We’re located on the beautiful St. Lawrence River and surrounded by the cultured SDG Counties and Akwesasne Mohawk nation. Offering competitive wages, Southbridge Cornwall is proud of our new state-of-the-art home and welcome you to join our team!
“When you’re an RN, you know that every day you will touch a life, or that a life will touch yours.”
Ask yourself three questions:
- Are you looking for a role with tons of opportunity for career advancements?
- Are you ready to be part of a team that will truly value your hard work, dedication and effort?
- Are you passionate about providing compassionate and quality care to residents in long term care?
If the answer is yes, we would love to know more about you!
Reporting to the Director of Care, the RN will enhance the effective management and quality of nursing practice in keeping with the Standards of the College of Nurses of Ontario and Long Term Care Standards .
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure resident care is provided with established nursing standards and principles, physicians’ orders and administrative policies, as well as, observe, report and record vital signs, symptoms and conditions of residents. Assure observance of required techniques in nursing care.
- Assist in assessing residents and develop, implement, review and evaluate resident care plans. Monitor residents’ health, notes changes in condition and assess need for referral to doctors; processes and implement physicians’ orders.
- Plan, direct, supervise and evaluate the work of nursing and personal care staff assigned to the unit. Orient and train new personnel and may participate in in-service education. Monitor performance and conduct performance appraisal and refers problems to the Director of Care.
- Assist in preparing the Facility for RAI MDS.
- Take charge of the Facility in the absence of the Director of Care.
- Staff replacement in the absence of the care clerk.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Appropriate current certificate of competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario required.
- Registration or eligible for registration with the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario.
- Previous managerial experience in long-term care preferred.
- Experience dealing with the cognitively impaired.
- Comprehensive knowledge of nursing and health care practices, as well as Knowledge in Infection Control Practices.
- Demonstrated commitment to working with seniors.
- Ability to work effectively individually and with others while prioritizing tasks to handle the most urgent first.
- Ability to present information clearly and effectively both verbally whether in person or over the phone, and in writing; an active listener who projects a friendly demeanor.
- Ability to collect and use information to thoroughly think through problems and situations; puts information from various sources together to see the ‘big picture’, and generate creative solutions.
- Organizational, planning, time management and multi-tasking skills.
Interested applicants should send their resume here. We would like to thank all applicants for your interest in working as part of our team! Only those applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted.