REGISTERED NURSE (Full-Time) - Pine Meadow Nursing Home

REGISTERED NURSE (Full-Time) - Pine Meadow Nursing Home

Benefits Including, EHC, Dental, Life, Vision, WI RRSP and Paid Vacation

Extendicare is a leading provider of care and services for seniors throughout Canada. Through our network of over 115 senior care and living center's as well as our home health care operations, we are committed to delivering care throughout the health care continuum to meet the needs of a growing seniors' population in Canada. Our qualified and highly trained workforce of 23,700 team members are united by a dedication to quality care and by our vision of being the best provider of senior care and services in Canada

Candidates are invited to apply for the above Full-Time position to work at Pine Meadow Nursing Home, a 64-bed not-for-profit long-term care home that is Community owned by Land O' Lakes Community Services and Managed by Extendicare, located in the Land O' Lakes region in Northbrook, Ontario.

Reporting to the Director of Care, the RN will enhance the effective management and quality of nursing practice in keeping with the Standards of the College of Nurses of Ontario, Long Term Care Standards and Extendicare Standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure resident care is provided with established nursing standards and principles, physicians' orders and administrative policies, as well as, observe, report and record vital signs, symptoms and conditions of residents. Assure observance of required techniques in nursing care.
• Assist in assessing residents and develop, implement, review and evaluate resident care plans. Monitor residents' health, notes changes in condition and assess need for referral to doctors; processes and implement physicians' orders.
• Plan, direct, supervise and evaluate the work of nursing and personal care staff assigned to the unit. Orient and train new personnel and may participate in in-service education. Monitor performance and conduct performance appraisal and refers problems to the Director of Care.
• Assist in preparing the Home for MDS-RAI.
• Take charge of the Home in the absence of the Director of Care.
• Staff replacement in the absence of the DOC Clerk.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Appropriate current certificate of competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario required.
• Registration or eligible for registration with the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
• Previous managerial experience in long-term care preferred.
• Experience dealing with the cognitively impaired.
• Comprehensive knowledge of nursing and health care practices, as well as Knowledge in Infection Control Practices.
• Demonstrated commitment to working with seniors.
• Ability to work effectively individually and with others while prioritizing tasks to handle the most urgent first.
• Ability to present information clearly and effectively both verbally whether in person or over the phone, and in writing; an active listener who projects a friendly demeanor.
• Ability to collect and use information to thoroughly think through problems and situations; puts information from various sources together to see the 'big picture', and generate creative solutions.
• Organizational, planning, time management and multi-tasking skills.

• CPIC, 2 step manteaux and COVID-19 vaccine required.

CLOSING DATE: May 15, 2022

Interested applicants may forward their resume in confidence via email to

Elizabeth Palmateer DOC

epalmateer@extendicare.com

In Ontario, Extendicare, ParaMed Home Health Care and affiliated organizations including our partner homes in Extendicare Assist, accommodate the needs of job applicants throughout its recruitment and selection processes in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodation needs must be provided in

advance to discuss your needs, please contact the individual noted in the posting.

Extendicare recognizes the importance of immunization to protect our residents, patients, team members and visitors from COVID-19. As such, subject to medical exemptions, a condition of employment with Extendicare is requiring that all new hires have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada.