- Provide professional nursing services for the purpose of triage and on-going care
- Conduct health assessments, plan for and provide health care treatment
- Contribute to a case management, multi-disciplinary team approach in the provision of nursing services
- Assist with health care reintegration planning services
- Develop and deliver health and wellness educational programs
- Act as a resource for patients, staff and external stakeholders by sharing your knowledge and expertise
- Provide emergency care, acute care, crisis intervention, health teaching and counselling services
- Practise in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario practice standards and ministry expectations
- You have current first aid and CPR certification
- You can provide full scope of services to patients with complex health care needs, and/or unpredictable outcome, including the following: ability to elicit, interpret and evaluate information from patients and other sources to complete comprehensive health assessments, and develop treatment and care plans; evaluate patients' responses to planned interventions, and modify interventions in collaboration with the inter-professional team to achieve established goals; address emergency situations and implement appropriate therapeutic interventions
- You have knowledge of professional standards and guidelines, best practice guidelines, and nursing theories, practices and relevant legislation (such as Regulated Health Professions Act, Health Care Consent Act) to develop and provide nursing care, and ensure appropriate treatment is administered
- You can provide emergency care, acute care, crisis intervention, health teaching, and counselling to patients with routine or complex health care needs, and/or unpredictable outcomes
- You can work effectively with staff and patients, advocate on behalf of patients on health care treatments, explain possible side effects of medications and medical treatments, provide health education, and promote and support treatment goals
- You can work as part of an inter-professional team, and use team approach to deliver care to a diverse patient population
- The hours of work are 0-40 hours per week. You are expected to work rotating shifts ((which may include evenings, weekends and/or statutory holidays) in a health care unit that provides 7 days per week service
Registered Nurse - Thunder Bay, Canada - Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Description
Effective January 1st, 2024 the salary range for this position is $1,562.72 to $2,240.04 per week ($39.07 to $56.00 per hour) in compliance with OPSEU Correctional Bargaining Unit collective agreement provisions.
The new rates, effective retroactive to January 1, 2024, were recently confirmed and dates for implementation of the new salary rates are still to be determined.
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