Registered Practical Nurse - 8 South Medicine Unit en Hamilton Health Sciences

Step into a job that opens countless doors. As one of Canada’s largest and most diverse hospitals, we’re providing advanced care to people of all ages from across the province. You can explore advancement opportunities, take professional development courses, and stretch yourself as a leader, all at HHS.  We are the largest employer in the greater Hamilton region, and play a vital role in training the next generation of health professionals in collaboration with our academic partners, including McMaster University and Mohawk College. Hamilton Health Sciences is a hospital system of 18,000 staff, physicians, researchers and volunteers that proudly serves south central Ontario residents. We also provide specialized, advanced care to people from across the province.

Located in Hamilton’s downtown core, Hamilton General Hospital provides leading edge care and is home to a number of regional referral programs. The neurosciences and trauma program is a provincial leader in both volume and complexity of care provided. The HGH stroke program has pioneered an integrated approach to care, and our burn treatment program is one of only two in Ontario. The cardiac and vascular program performs more heart surgeries and procedures than any other facility in the province.

8 South Acute Medicine at the Hamilton General Site  provides care to acute adult medical patients as well as patients requiring a step-down level of care and telemetry. The interdisciplinary team collaborates to provide high quality care for patients with acute medical diagnoses such asmyocardial infarction, diabetic ketoacidosis, pneumonia, endocarditis and chronic medical diagnoses such as heart failure, COPD, coronary artery disease throughout the various stages of their illnesses. 
 

As a member of the healthcare team, the Registered Practical Nurse will provide high quality nursing care to patients in collaboration with the Registered Nurse on the unit. The RPN will participate in continued education and completion and maintenance of certifications associated with the identified nursing skills and complete learning plans to achieve these goals. The RPN will participate and support the quality initiatives on the unit  to continually improve practice.  

• Current Certificate of Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Practical Nurse 
   
• Current certificates or current community college studies in asepsis, wound are, airway management, complex wound care, physical assessment, urinary catheterization, administering enteral feeds, medication administration, and transcribing physician orders and working knowledge of telemetry 
   
• Documented completion of IV administration and IV Management, Venipuncture, and Blood and Blood Products Administration
   
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certificate
   
• Recent, relevant nursing experience (within the last 2 years) in acute medicine
   
• Recent experience working with geriatrics and behavioural population
   
• Current Gentle Persuasion Approach (within the last 2 years)
   
• Demonstrated ability to function within an interdisciplinary team and competently work to full scope of practice within a multidisciplinary team
   
• Demonstrated ability to function in a fast pace complex environment with medically changing acuity
   
• Ability to communicate (written and verbal) effectively with patients, families, and all other members of the healthcare team
   
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and problem solve effectively in response to patient care needs 
   
• Demonstrated knowledge of safe patient handling
   

• Awareness of community resources for complex discharge planning participation

   

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