Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - Cognitive Support Unit (A5)

Apotex 5 has an opportunity for a

REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE

Cognitive Support Unit

Position Type : Permanent Full-Time

Shift Type : Day, alternate weekends (

subject to change)

Hourly Pay Rate : $36.4600 - $37.0500

Bi-Weekly Hours : 75 Hours, 8 hrs / shift

Posting Number : 7755

Union : SEIU Service

Date Posted : April 16, 2024

Internal Closing Date : April 25, 2024

Apotex 5 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 :

In collaboration with RN 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 RPN’s scope of practice

Performs client assessments

Provides client-centred 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

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

Certificate in Dementia Care preferred

Training in 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

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Basic computer skills including MDS / RAI, Point Click Care, Microsoft Word and Excel preferred

INTERNAL APPLICANTS : Please submit your application online through the Baycrest intranet. Failure to include your resume may affect your candidacy for this position.

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Please note that Baycrest has implemented mandatory vaccination for all employees. It is a condition of employment that new employees provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the start date of employment.

This means that all new employees must have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada at least 14 days prior to their start date.

In addition, it is a condition of employment that all new hires obtain and submit proof of all booster vaccines as approved and recommended by Health Canada

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.

Baycrest is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act ( AODA’).

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

org or 416-785-2500, ext. 2961.

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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