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REGISTERED NURSE (BSU) - EXTENDICARE

Employer
Extendicare Canada Inc.
Location
Scarborough, Ontario
Closing date
Oct 25, 2022

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Discipline
Registered Nurse
Work Setting
Long Term Care / Nursing Home
Area of Practice
General Nursing
Hours
Full-time
REGISTERED NURSE (BSU) - EXTENDICARE ROUGE VALLEY

Extendicare is a leading provider of care and services for seniors throughout Canada. Through our network of over 115 senior care and living centres 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.

Registered Nurses (RN) are invited to apply for a full-time position to work at our 192 bed long-term care home located in Toronto, Ontario. Specifically, this position will be within our 32 bed transitional behavioural support unit.

The Behavioral Support Unit (BSU) is an integral part of the continuum of care to enhance the quality of life for the residents who are living with responsive behaviors and to provide support to families with compassion and understanding during their stay on the BSU.

Reporting to the Leadership Team, 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.

Extendicare is pleased to partner with HealthForceOntario (HFO) as an approved employer for the Community Commitment Program for Nurses (CCPN) which provides a $25,000 retention bonus to eligible nurses in exchange for a 24-month, full-time commitment.

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 Facility for RAI MDS.
  • Take charge of the Facility in the absence of the Director of Care.
  • Staff replacement in the absence of the care clerk.
  • Anticipates and recognizes subtle changes, probes to assess further, identifies relevant factors, understands significance and manages appropriately. Analyze and synthesize a wide range of information using a variety of frameworks or theories
  • Manages multiple nursing interventions simultaneously in rapidly changing situations
  • Understands and commits to the BSU Model of Care and the principles of the Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO)
  • Protects resident's rights and advocacy role for the resident and families
  • Provides resident focused care supported by evidence-based clinical practices
  • Implements best practices for dementia, delirium, depression and other mental health conditions based on scope of practice
  • Contributes to the assessment, evaluation and documentation of dementia, delirium, mental and physical health by applying the techniques of the Model of Care
  • Assess risks and escalates to the appropriate individuals and documents according to professional standards
  • Utilizes critical thinking skills for the early detection, intervention, and prevention of responsive behaviours
  • Assess and implements non-pharmacological and therapeutic behavioural approaches
  • Understands pharmacological interventions, and their interactions, that are used to manage conditions that have behavioural components along the disease continuum
  • To strategize, foster and enhance collaboration and communication amongst care partners
  • Collaborates and effectively communicates in interacting with residents, family members and other members of inter-professional teams, including community and primary care team members
  • Demonstrates leadership, facilitation, coaching & mentoring skills
  • Collects behavioural data, compares results to baseline data and evaluates the achievement of goals and outcomes
  • Other duties as assigned


QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Extensive knowledge and skills working with individuals with various types of dementia, delirium, mental health or other neurological conditions and those who experience an acute behavioural change
  • Experience in long-term care preferred
  • Trained in P.I.E.C.E.S., Gentle Persuasive Approach, DementiAbility, etc. is preferred
  • Demonstrates enthusiasm, flexibility and ability to cope with change
  • Experience /familiarity with RAI documentation including assessments, Resident Assessment Protocols (RAPS) and care planning functions
  • Good understanding of pharmacological drugs used to manage those living with responsive behaviours
  • Good understanding of non-pharmacological & therapeutic supportive measures approaches
  • 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 supervisory 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.
  • Vulnerable sector screening is required


CLOSING DATE

Interested applicants may forward their resume in confidence no later than October 26, 2022 to the attention of:

Mohammad Jammoul

(416) 2828-6768 x211

mjammoul@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.

#ExtendicareGTANurses

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.

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