The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is currently accepting applications for permanent part-time Registered Practical Nurses for Riverview Gardens Long-Term Care facility with the Seniors Services division.

Job description

The Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) is responsible for providing nursing care for residents of the Long-Term Care Home, in accordance with the Standards of Nursing Practice as established by the College of Nurses of Ontario.

Essential responsibilities

• Demonstrate Chatham-Kent’s core values and competencies
• Direct and lead the team of Personal Support Worker staff to ensure quality care is delivered to our residents
• Perform a variety of routine nursing procedures such as distributing medication to residents, taking blood pressure, temperature and pulse, collecting blood and other specimens, preparing residents for tests and surgery, and changing residents' dressings
• Assist Registered Nurses with such procedures as respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
• Provide basic physical and supportive nursing care for residents of all ages, in connection with other members of the health care team (Registered Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses, and Doctors)
• Monitor residents' progress, report changes in residents' condition and environment, and confer with other health care professionals about the plans for resident care
• Ensure consistency in approach and optimum benefit for the residents by assessing, and identifying resident goals, planning, implementing, and evaluating the resident's progress
• Follow all guidelines as legislated under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Play an integral role in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of residents
• Protect own health and health of others by adopting safe work practices, reporting unsafe conditions immediately, and attending all relevant in-services regarding occupational health and safety
• Provide planned resident-oriented, goal-directed nursing care in accordance with the provincial standards of care
• Maintain compliance with the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 and CNO standards
• Skin and wound care as per best practice guidelines
• Supervise Personal Support Workers and students

Essential qualifications

Other qualifications

Certifications, memberships, licenses

Work environment / hours of work

COVID-19 Vaccination

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent no longer requires a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment. Although it is not mandatory to be vaccinated, it is highly encouraged.

Background check requirements

Successful candidates will be required to complete a background check prior to commencement of employment. A background check may include the following : education / certification verification and employment reference check. This position works with vulnerable residents in a position of trust and authority, on a sustained and regular basis, in a largely unsupervised capacity. A Vulnerable Sector Screen is required (Fixing Long-Term Care Act Section 252 O. Reg. 246 / 22) prior to being accepted for employment. You must be 18 years of age or older to obtain a vulnerable police check.

As per the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, all staff members shall promptly provide the employer with a signed declaration disclosing new charges, convictions, orders and restraining orders, consistent with Ontario Regulation Section 253 O. Reg 246 / 22, with respect to the period since the date the person’s last criminal reference check under subsection (2) was conducted.

Essential physical and / or safety requirements

Benefits

This position will receive 15% in lieu of benefits following the successful completion of a probationary period and 4% vacation pay.