Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Bachelor's degree
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Work setting
- Home care and visiting care agency
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Monitor patients and advise physician of any changes in patients' condition
- Address and document symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions
- Assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions
- Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
- Conduct disease screening
- Deliver health education programs
- Dispense and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician
- Manage home care cases
- Operate or monitor medical apparatus or equipment
- Provide nursing care
- Provide supportive counselling and life skills programming
- Perform administrative tasks
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- CPR Certificate
- Eligible for licensure as a Registered Nurse by the province/territory of work
- Licensure as a Registered Nurse by provincial or territorial authorities
Additional information
Security and safety
- Tuberculosis test
- Vulnerable sector check
Transportation/travel information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Fast-paced environment
- Large workload
- Manual dexterity
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Time management
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Mileage paid