REGISTERED NURSE LTC (BILINGUAL: French and English) Full-time Job

Posting Period: 27-Sep-2024 to 11-Oct-2024 

The City’s Seniors Services and Long-Term Care Division supports Toronto seniors and residents in long-term care homes to have the healthiest, most fulfilling lives possible through exceptional care and services. Vulnerable individuals who reside in the community are supported through adult day programs, supportive housing services, tenancy support and homemakers and nurses services. CareTO is our brand for the culture change we are investing in for the City’s 10 directly operated long-term care homes (https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/rental-housing-tenant-information/finding-housing/long-term-care-homes/careto/). The division values Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence which shape our organizational culture, our priorities, and the experiences of all those who live, work, volunteer, and visit.

Job Description

Provide nursing care to residents/clients in a Long-Term Care facility and provide work direction to nursing staff. Coordinates services within Long-Term Care Facility and the community for the health care needs of residents/clients

Major Responsibilities:

To provide the following Bilingual (French and English) Registered Nurse services:

• Develops, implements, evaluates, and modifies care plans for residents in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. This is guided by the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provides work direction including assigning duties; establishing priorities; sharing knowledge and expertise, to members of the health care team as required (unregulated care providers, novices, students).
• Assesses the physical, emotional, and psychological well-being of resident through observation and analysis of nursing related assessments, relevant tests, and indicators.
• Transcribes physician and/or nurse practitioner's orders for medication or other treatment.
• Prepares precise dosages of medication in accordance with physician and/or nurse practitioner's orders, including narcotic and controlled drugs, and administers to residents in accordance with College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) standards.
• Maintains inventory, ensuring medications are properly stored, safe, and secure.
• Administers prescribed treatments and assessments as ordered by the physician and/or relevant practitioners.
• Performs delegated Medical Acts.
• Administers first aid and emergency health measures (example: cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
• Monitors and supports residents with activities of daily living as required.
• Liaises, refers, and advocates with community resources to coordinate, transfers, and departures/deaths: hospitals (acute care, rehabilitation, and palliation), public health department, home care program, long-term care homes, ambulance services, diagnostic services, the coroner's office, and social services.
• Prepares and maintains documentation in accordance with College of Nurses of Ontario standards.
• Counsels, instructs, and confers with resident and family in planning care provides emotional support; acts as an advocate for resident and family; assesses learning needs and engages in health teaching; responds to enquiries, and resolves complaints with the goal to promote a safe and secure environment for all residents.
• Supports, trains, and mentors’ new staff and students.
• Provides nursing care, including counseling, instruction, and the coordination of resident care and participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives to improve resident well-being and care outcomes.

Key Qualifications:

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

1. Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse.
2. Baccalaureate degree in Nursing or an approved Registered Nursing program equivalent.
3. Experience in long-term care, geriatrics complex continuing care and acute care.
4. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S) Certification.
5. Bilingual in English and French in accordance with the French Language Services Act
    

You must also have:

• Ability to effectively communicate and provide services to resident in both French and English
• Fundamental knowledge and practical application of nursing theory, biological and social sciences to the standard established by provincial nursing legislation.
• Ability to apply an analytical decision-making approach drawing on a comprehensive range of evidence-based practice to interpret, analyze and solve problems.
• Ability to perform holistic assessments/reassessments for residents regardless of complexity to establish a comprehensive plan for care and to identify the appropriate category of care provider.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and interpret deviations from predicted resident response to care/treatment and responds by modifying the plan of care using professional judgement and autonomous decision-making skills.
• Ability to develop, coordinate, monitor care delivery, and evaluate care plans that will promote resident independence and participation in decision making.
• Ability to educate residents and their families in health and wellness strategies to promote restorative care, prevention of disease, and knowledge of good health habits to assist in restoration.
• Knowledge to monitor staff performance and the environment ensuring a safe workplace for staff; provides reinstruction where needed.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of Customer Service, Fiscal Accountability, Innovation, Result Orientation and Teamwork.
   

Shift Information: Monday to Sunday, 37.5 hours per week

Note: As a condition of employment with the Seniors Services and Long-Term Care, selected candidates will be required to provide a satisfactory Police Reference Check (PRC) with vulnerable sector screening, tuberculosis screening and proof of immunization in accordance with the Long-Term Care Homes Act (O.Reg.79/10).

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontarios northwestern shore. It's a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queens Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo.