Internationally Educated Nurses - Temporary Licensure

QCH Home About QCH Life at QCH Located in fast-growing west Ottawa, Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH) cares for nearly 500,000 each year. With 355 beds, QCH is the secondary referral centre for the Ottawa Valley and offers diverse programs and services such as Emergency, Childbirth, Geriatrics, Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Medical and Surgical Services, and Critical Care Services. Its exemplary team of 2,500 health care professionals have dedicated themselves to providing expert care that puts patients and families first and was recognized in Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals Survey in 2021 as the #1 hospital in Ottawa, #16 in Canada. POSITION: Registered Nurse DEPARTMENT: D3 - Medicine / ALC
SHIFTS: Days / Evenings / Nights / Weekends7.5 or 11.25 hours per shift (subject to change) WAGE RANGE: Scale Minimum MaximumONA02 $35.52/hr $50.85/hr

Applications submitted to this posting will be considered for all available positions in the Medine/ALC Unit at the Queensway Carleton Hospital.

Applicants may be contacted prior to the closing date.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensures the delivery of professional nursing care by utilizing evidence based nursing practice and by:
• Establishing, providing, and evaluating clinical nursing care to patients and family
• Demonstrating critical thinking in the nursing process while collecting and interpreting data, planning, implementing, and evaluating all aspects of nursing care
• Practising to the full scope of practice of the Registered Nurse within own level of competence
• Has the knowledge, skill and judgment needed to provide competent, evidence-based nursing practice that complies with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) Standards of Nursing Practice, QCH Policies and Procedures as well as the standards of care appropriate to his/her area of clinical practice.
• Demonstrate QCH values: collaboration, accountability, innovation, respect

REQUIREMENTS:

• Temporary or eligable for temporary licensure as a Registered Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario
  
• RN Diploma
• Current BCLS
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Ability to understand, interpret and carry out verbal and written instructions in the English language
• Ability to work effectively within the nursing and inter-professional team
• Demonstrated computer competency

PREFERRED:

• One year of recent experience in an acute care setting
• Experience with clinical documentation in an Electronic Health Record
• Membership in RNAO, certifications and associations related to nursing specialty
• Experience as preceptor/mentor