registered practical nurse (R.P.N.)
Job Description
Oakville
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 25 to 30 hours per week
- Education: College/CEGEP
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
- Home care and visiting care agency
- Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
- Take vital signs, apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensure infection control, monitore nutritional intake and conduct specimen collection
- Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
- 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
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Full time enrollment
- Part time enrollment
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Child welfare check
- Driver’s validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
- Immunization records
- Tuberculosis test
- Adult Abuse Registry check
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- 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
- Group insurance benefits
