The Opportunity: Registered Nurse, Permanent
Posting Date: February, 2025
The Registered Nurse is responsible for the provision and management of cost-effective, client-centered nursing care to individuals and/or families in the community, using the most up-to-date evidence-informed research to best practice. Care is provided within the framework of quality & risk management and the standards and scope of practice set by Carefor and the provincial regulatory body (Ontario College of Nurses). The RN is responsible to teach and delegate tasks to different levels of workers.
About us:
Carefor is Eastern Ontario’s largest home care and community support services not-for-profit, with over 1,400 employees operating in Eastern Counties, Ottawa, and Pembroke-Renfrew County. The founding chapter of the Victorian Order of Nurses, Carefor, has been helping seniors and people living with disabilities in Eastern Ontario live with choice and dignity since 1897. Please visit our website for more information.
At Carefor, we know our work matters, and we’re proud of the impact we have in people’s lives. For our staff, we are proud to help them be the best they can be both now and into the future. Our staff love working in the community because they can see a real impact in the lives of their clients and their families. See more about working with Carefor.
We are driven to help our staff learn, develop and be the best they can be both now and into the future. Through comprehensive onboarding and continual training, you are continuously improving your professional practice with Carefor; and with the HOOPP pension plan, great benefits and a flexible schedule we’re looking out for you and your family.
Job Description
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What You Will Do:
- Provides complete, relevant assessment of the client utilizing pre-set procedures
- Develops a care plan with the client and family based on the nursing assessment, incorporating discharge planning
- Implements nursing strategies or interventions according to the established care plan
- Performs technical nursing skills at a safe level in accordance with nursing principles and Carefor’s policies and procedures
- Describes, evaluates and documents client/family responses to care plan utilizing established procedures and
- the achievement of realistic client-centered outcomes, and revises the plan as required
- Describes and documents nursing processes clearly, concisely, accurately and appropriately, according to Carefor documentation standards
- Demonstrates respect for client’s choices and decisions
- Utilizes adult learning principals and established teaching materials to provide health teaching to clients and families
- Reports and discusses client’s status on a regular basis with other members of the health care team
- Acting as a wound champion to manage wounds based on best practices
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Qualifications
- Registration with the College of Nurses in Ontario
- High tech skills required
- Experience with IV restart
- Palliative experience preferred
- LEAP training or willing to take as a requirement to palliative care provision
- Experience in community health care preferred
- Excellent documentation skills
- Ability to problem solve and to adapt nursing to independent practice
- Ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary practice
- Possession of a valid driver’s license, (G2 level)
- Use of a reliable vehicle that is insured for business use required
- Bilingualism (French/English) an asset
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What We Have to Offer You
- Competitive base salary
- Defined Pension Plan with the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Health and Dental benefits
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Work-life balance
- Professional development opportunities
- A collaborative team culture that supports making a difference in the lives of our clients
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent- Unionized – ONA
Salary: $31.36- $45.54 per hour
Flexible Language Requirement:- French not required
Schedule:
- 8-hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Night shift
- Weekends( one weekend in three weeks)
Licence/Certification:
- Nursing license (RN) through the CNO? (required)
- Driver’s License (G2 or G) and Reliable Vehicle? (required)
Work Location: In person
Carefor is committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. Please let us know in your application if you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for accommodation will be considered in a fair and objective manner that will ensure applicants are treated with respect and dignity.