registered practical nurse (R.P.N.)

Education

• Bachelor's degree
• or equivalent experience

Asset languages

• Mandarin
• Cantonese

Work setting

• Willing to relocate
• Chronic or long-term care facilities / centres

Tasks

• Administer medications
• Conduct specimen collection
• Ensure infection control
• Monitor nutritional intake
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
• Take vital signs
• Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
• Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
• Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Acute care nursing Certificate
• Eligible for licensure as a practical nurse by the province / territory of work
• Completion of the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination
• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Tuberculosis test

Transportation / travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Large caseload

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years