Job Description
NEW ONA POSTING
Position : Registered Nurse
Dept / Health Program : 2C Cardiology Cardiac Health
Posting ID : 2024-38159
Role Level : Clinical Patient Services (CPS04.2) $39.07 $56.00 / per hour
Status : Casual (1) - Up to 20% pay in lieu of benefits and vacation
Site : Mississauga Hospital
Hours of Work / Shifts : Available to work 12-hour shifts Days / Nights / Weekends
Posted : July 7, 2024
Internal Deadline : July 14, 2024
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber.
Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Our Mission : A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community
Our Values : Compassion, Excellence, Courage
Our Goals : Quality, Access, Sustainability
Our Enablers : People, Education, Innovation, Research
Unit Summary :
THP is a Regional Cardiac Program providing services and care in collaboration with our Regional Partners. 2C Cardiology is a 50-bed inpatient, acute care unit.
We support a wide variety of complex cardiac patients, while working closely with Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiac Short Stay and Coronary Care Unit.
We primarily focus on medical management and minimally invasive procedures to care for our patients in their unique care needs.
We also support off-service patients with telemetry needs. We have a broad team of skilled, interdisciplinary professionals to support our patients, and ensure they receive the best care possible while in our care.
Qualifications :
- Graduate of a recognized College or School of Nursing and preferably hold a Baccalaureate degree
- Registered in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) or currently meet the eligibility criteria to register in good standing in the Temporary Class or General Class with the CNO
- Current BCLS
- Successfully completed the Coronary Care 1 course or committed to completing the course within the next six months
- Minimum of 1-year acute care medicine / cardiac experience required
- Telemetry experience preferred
- A physical assessment course required
- Recent experience with inpatient cardiology population preferred
- Demonstrates knowledge, experience and the ability to care for patients with the following : initiation and maintenance of IV therapy, administration of medication above the drip chamber, blood and blood product administration, blood glucose monitoring, nasogastric tubes, wound management skills, routine and additional infection control precautions, normal and abnormal lab values
- Gentle Persuasive Approach (GPA) completion preferred
- Previous experience in providing and delivering patients and families with educational teaching
- Demonstrates excellence in communication skills and interprofessional team work
- Demonstrates a strong ability to facilitate patient and family-centred care and establish therapeutic relationships
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge with EPIC and computer skills preferred
- A positive work and attendance record is essential