Registered Nurse,Cognitive Support Unit, (A7)

Apotex 7 has an opportunity for a

REGISTERED NURSE

Cognitive Support Unit

Position Type : Permanent Part-Time

Shift Type : Night, alternate weekends (

subject to change)

Hourly Pay Rate : $39.07 - $56.00

Bi-Weekly Hours : 30 Hours, 8 hrs / shift

Posting Number : 7850

Union : ONA

Apotex 7 is a Cognitive Support Unit. Residents residing on this floor are living with a wide range of cognitive and physical changes to their abilities from mild to severe cognitive impairment and from ambulating independently, to being wheel-chair bound.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

Provides sound clinical knowledge and skills, acts as clinical expert and resource and provides comprehensive, quality client / family centred health care services from admission, through transfers and discharge

Plans for, delivers and evaluates nursing interventions, including medications, as well as treatments which fall within the RN’s scope of practice

Provides client-centered care within interdisciplinary care team to meet the personal care, activation, recreation and spiritual needs of clients

Qualifications include but are not limited to :

Current registration, in good standing, from the College of Nurses of Ontario ( CNO’) is required

Current Basic Cardiac Life Support ( BCLS’) certificate, Level C - Automated External Device ( AED’) is required

BScN preferred

Demonstrated ability to take professional accountability for leading, organizing, providing and delegating care activities for clients and families

Experience in Long-Term Care with clients in day programs or residents in a Long-Term Care and Community Setting preferred

Certificate in Dementia Care preferred

Training in P.I.E.C.E.S., Gentle Persuasive Approach and U-First preferred

Psychogeriatric experience, i.e. mental health assessment and intervention and working with responsive behaviours including various types of dementia, delirium, mental health issues preferred

Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills

Basic computer skills PointClickCare MDS / RAI, Microsoft Word and Excel preferred

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Remarkable people of Baycrest Health Sciences

are changing the future of brain health and aging.

Thank you for your interest in joining Baycrest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources at recruitment@baycrest.

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All successful candidates will be required to complete a police reference check / vulnerable sector screen and submit proof of two doses of vaccination against COVID-19, unless exempt.

Such exemptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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