Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Experience
Experience an asset
Work setting
- Retirement home
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Administer medications
- Ensure infection control
- Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
- Take vital signs, apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensure infection control, monitore nutritional intake and conduct specimen collection
- Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
- Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families
- Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
- Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Additional information
Security and safety
- Tuberculosis test
- Vulnerable sector check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Large caseload
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
- Group insurance benefits
- Pension plan
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Other benefits
- Parking available