REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE LTC Full-time Job

• Number of Positions Open: 4
• Posting Period: 09-Oct-2024 to 24-Oct-2024
• Location and Shift Information: 
  • Bendale Acres, 2920 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, M1P 2T8, (Evenings, Nights, and Weekend)
  • Kipling Acres & Child Care Centre, 2233 Kipling Ave, Toronto, M9W 4L3, (Evenings, Nights and Weekend)

 

 

The City’s Seniors Services and Long-Term Care Division supports residents in long-term care homes to have the healthiest, most fulfilling lives possible through exceptional care and services, enabling people to live with support and age with dignity. The Division believes in the values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. CareTO is our brand for the culture change we are investing in for the City’s 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/). Based on evidence-informed research, our goal is to improve the experiences of all those who live, work, volunteer, and visit.

 

 

Major Responsibilities:

 

• Provides nursing care through comprehensive assessments, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care plans for residents/clients. Contributes to the development of the person-centred philosophy of care
• Observes, monitors and evaluates condition of residents. Reports vital signs, injuries, and general physical and emotional condition. Attends to critical incidents involving clients
• Measures and records blood pressure, temperature, respirations, pulse, and weight using equipment, such as blood pressure cuff
• Prepares and administers prescribed medications and treatments, i.e. eye drops and application of ointments & creams. Administers insulin injections. Records quantities administered
• Informs residents about medications and side effects
• Ensures that medication supplies meet designated inventories. Orders medication and medical/nursing supplies. Checks orders. Packages labels, and stores medication and medical supplies
• Prepares and applies clean dressings and bandages. Cleans wounds and lesions and replaces bandages. Removes stitches and clips
• Documents resident conditions and care provisions in the resident/client health care record.
• Administers first aid including C.P.R
• Orients new residents/clients and staff and familiarizes them with surroundings. Notifies divisions and individuals of admittance. Records and secures personal valuables
• Prepares resident for transfer or departure, including organization of personal belongings, contacting of appropriate organization (hospital, coroner's office, etc.), and completion of required documentation
• Schedules appointments with hospitals, clinics, diagnostic services, and health specialists by telephone, arranging for transportation and/or escort. Ensures results/hospital records are available to client
• Feeds residents or assists with adaptive eating devices.
• Provides personal care for residents/clients, i.e., hygiene, bathing, dressing and undressing, toileting, ambulation, and transferring using applicable electric/hydraulic/manual equipment and lifting devices
• Assists residents with proper exercise and ambulation techniques to support rehabilitative and activation programs
• Prepares and maintains documentation i.e., charts, records, and incident reports
• Accompanies physician on rounds, providing information on resident general condition and progress, and assisting in examinations, e.g., positioning, dressing and undressing residents
• Instructs resident/and family in planning care; offers emotional support; answers questions from resident/and family. Maintains personal care records
• Changes linens, makes beds and sorts and bags soiled linen as necessary
• Accompanies driver to drop-off or pick-up /residents in the community. Escort's residents/on outings
• Orders office supplies, checks orders and stocks shelves
• Assists in the operation of clinics, including booking of appointments and organizing resident files
• Obtains admission history with clients regarding medical history, immunizations, etc.
• Educates clients and emphasizes important health and medical information
• Refers and advocates with community agencies regarding health and social services
• Administers TB medication and monitors for side effects
• Arranges referrals, collects clinical specimens and accompanies clients to medical appointments.
• Trains students
• Promotes the residents’ integration to their environment
• Provides information to identify caregiver strategies that are resident-centred, age appropriate, maintain the resident’s dignity when responding to the behaviours and managing the associated risks
• Documents observational behaviours, recognize that they have meaning, assess and account for how the behaviours impact the care delivery process.
• Collaborates with the BSO Team in the development of behaviour management strategies
• Provides work direction, coaching and mentorship to BSU staff
• Collaborates with the Psychogeriatric Outreach Program (POP) Team, Psychogeriatric Resource Consultant (PRC), Ontario Health at Home, Acute Care, Tertiary Care, other LTC homes, families, and circle of care
• Maintains current knowledge of dementias, responsive behaviours, mental health, and relevant diagnoses
• Contributes to the BSO community of practice
• Assumes responsibility for personal development through participation in ongoing training to enhance skills
• Leads and participates in Behavioural Management rounds and care conferences as required
• Collaborates effectively when interacting with residents, family, team members and inter- professional care teams

 

 

Key Qualifications:

 

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

 

1. Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO).
2. Experience working in a long-term care environment, mental health, or geriatric populations.
3. Experience working in a specialized behavioural program, or populations with responsive behaviours, or completion of behavioural management training.

 

 

You must also have:

 

• Excellent communication, comprehension, interpersonal and time management skills.
• Ability to coach, engage, and support staff in dealing with responsive behaviours.
• Knowledge in dementia care, delirium, mental health, or neurological conditions.
• Creative problem-solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Excellent care planning skills to ensure client’s physical, emotional, and cognitive needs are addressed.
• Ability to effectively lead an interprofessional care team.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, take initiative, multitask effectively, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently with strong self-direction, while excelling in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to use electronic documentation and computer applications such as PointClickCare and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability to maintain current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification.
• Ability to support the Toronto Public Service values to ensure a culture that champions equity, diversity and respectful workplaces.

 

Certification in GPA (Gentle Persuasive Approach), PIECES (Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Capabilities, Environment and Social), DementAbility, U-First (Understand, Flag, Interact, Reflect and Support), Montessori Methods is an asset.

 

 

• Work Location: Bendale Acres, 2920 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, M1P 2T8 & Kipling Acres & Child Care Centre, 2233 Kipling Ave, Toronto, M9W 4L3

 

Please Note:

As a condition of employment with the Seniors Services & Long-Term Care Division, 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 Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 (O.Reg.246/22).

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