BSO Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) (Full Time) - Bay Ridges
- Employer
- Axium Extendicare Ltc Ii Lp
- Location
- Pickering, Ontario
- Closing date
- Feb 15, 2025
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- Discipline
- Registered Practical Nurse
- Work Setting
- Long Term Care / Nursing Home
- Area of Practice
- General Nursing
- Hours
- Full-time
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Welcome to a World of opportunities with us!
Quality care is our top priority.
Caring for people is at the core of everything we do.
Extendicare isn't so much a workplace as it is a care-place.
When you choose to build your career with Extendicare, you're joining a team dedicated to making a difference. By focusing our energy on enriching the lives of our residents every day, we transform both the quality of their lives and the quality of our own work experiences.
If you have a passion for caring, turn it into a rewarding career with Extendicare.
Reporting to the Director of Care, the Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) is responsible for providing planned, patient-oriented, goal-directed nursing care in accordance with the provincial standards of care.
Key Outcomes:
BSO Core Competencies:
Knowledge
Demonstrate knowledge of dementia, delirium, mental health issues in the delivery of care and its effect on the person and family members or partner in care, to include knowledge of:
Person-Centered Care
Delivers person-centered care that recognizes both the uniqueness of each person and an awareness of one's own contribution to that relationship, including personal attitudes, values and actions, to include:
Assessment and Intervention
Conducts an assessment and describes interventions with respect to the behaviors of persons, including:
Key Responsibilities:
Required Education, Credentials and Experience:
Revera Core Competencies:
Extendicare is committed to ensuring that all employment practices are inclusive. As an organization we are committed to providing and arranging accommodation for candidates upon request.
Quality care is our top priority.
Caring for people is at the core of everything we do.
Extendicare isn't so much a workplace as it is a care-place.
When you choose to build your career with Extendicare, you're joining a team dedicated to making a difference. By focusing our energy on enriching the lives of our residents every day, we transform both the quality of their lives and the quality of our own work experiences.
If you have a passion for caring, turn it into a rewarding career with Extendicare.
Reporting to the Director of Care, the Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) is responsible for providing planned, patient-oriented, goal-directed nursing care in accordance with the provincial standards of care.
Key Outcomes:
- Live our values of Respect, Integrity, Compassion and Excellence
- Lend a helping hand
- Cultivate relationships with staff, residents and families
- Lead with H.E.A.R.T. (hear, empathize, acknowledge, respond, thank)
BSO Core Competencies:
Knowledge
Demonstrate knowledge of dementia, delirium, mental health issues in the delivery of care and its effect on the person and family members or partner in care, to include knowledge of:
- Most prevalent types and related causes;
- Disease processes, stages and progression;
- Diagnostic and assessment process;
- Cognitive or neurological symptoms;
- Current treatment interventions
- Communication skills appropriate to needs of the person;
- Strategies to promote optimal quality of life; and
- Experience of disease from the perspective of the person, family members or other partners in care
Person-Centered Care
Delivers person-centered care that recognizes both the uniqueness of each person and an awareness of one's own contribution to that relationship, including personal attitudes, values and actions, to include:
- Contributing to the development of the person-centered philosophy of care
- Promoting and preserving the abilities and self-esteem of the persona;
- Promoting the person's integration to their environment; and
- Using effective communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with the person, family members or partners in care, and other care providers
Assessment and Intervention
Conducts an assessment and describes interventions with respect to the behaviors of persons, including:
- Recognizing that most observable behaviors have meaning; therefore, the etiology of the behaviors must be assessed and accounted for in the caregiving process;
- Assesses the meaning, etiology and inherent risk of behaviors using an objective, systematic and holistic process that takes into account the physical, intellectual, emotional and functional capabilities of the persona, as well as the environmental and social aspects of their surroundings;
- Identifies caregiver strategies that are abilities focused, person-centered and age appropriate for responding to behavior and managing associated tasks and
- Focuses on prevention of responsive behaviors by relating well, manipulating the social and physical environment, focuses on persons' abilities and knowing the individual and their life story and aspirations
Key Responsibilities:
- To work as a member of the inter professional team as described by Revera's Professional Practice Model applying the person-centered approach to care;
- To complete and ensure resident's clinical care assessments, care/service plans and documentation are accurate, up to date and changes communicated as ;
- To implement and evaluate the effectiveness of the care/service plans and make changes as ;
- To assist with scheduling of resident's care conferences and participate in conferences where applicable;
- To work closely with Director of Care to facilitate resident's move in, move out and transfers;
- To provide direct resident care and medication/ treatment administration and document care in compliance with regulatory and Revera Resident Care standards and policies and procedures;
- To process the orders and safe keep drugs and narcotics and administer in compliance with all regulatory requirements, scope of practice and Revera policies and procedures;
- To facilitate and provide resident/family education;
- To plan, coordinate, manage & evaluate the resident's care plan working with the resident/substitute decision maker, physicians, nursing & interdisciplinary team and contracted service providers;
- To coordinate nursing team's resident care assignments to ensure efficient and timely delivery of services to residents;
- To respond to and manage significant changes in resident's condition and or medical emergencies; provide emergency first aid;
- To teach, delegate to, and direct unregulated care providers;
- To respond to resident/family concerns and ensure appropriate action taken and or concern communicated to Director of Care/Executive Director and other departments;
- To follow and assist the Director of Care in the coordination, implementation and monitoring of Infection Prevention and Control, Health and Safety and Clinical Programs and Quality/Safety Plans for the Nursing Department;
- To uphold and promote the organization's values and philosophy relating particularly to ethics, morality, and integrity as set out in Revera's Code of Conduct;
- To complete all other duties as assigned.
Required Education, Credentials and Experience:
- Current registration as a Registered Practical Nurse in applicable Province/State;
- Must possess or in progress to complete: Gentle Persuasive Approach (GPA), P.I.E.C.E.S., U-First, Dementiability
- Experience working in a senior's environment and with unregulated care providers preferred;
- Education and experience in gerontology, rehabilitation, community/complex/long term care an asset;
- Must possess strong written and oral communication, critical thinking, care coordination, time management and customer focus skills;
- Must have demonstrated sound clinical knowledge;
- Must maintain competencies as per the governing College standards;
- Computer proficiency and experience with Microsoft office applications;
- Current (within 6 months) Vulnerable Position/Sector Screening (VPS).
Revera Core Competencies:
- Accountability: Takes ownership and holds self and others accountable to deliver high quality, timely and cost-effective results.
- Business Acumen: Understands financial and operational aspects and implications that are essential to achieve superior business results.
- Coaching & Developing Talent: Building capability of self, individuals and teams by engaging in feedback, coaching, learning and development. Building capability of self, individuals and teams by engaging in feedback, coaching, learning and development.
- Customer Focus: Keeping the customer in mind to deliver the highest possible quality of care, service and choices.
- Execution Excellence: Optimizes available resources and pursues implementation to consistently achieve exceptional outcomes.
- Innovative Thinking: Identifies, develops and implements new and innovative solutions to enhance opportunity, efficiency and quality.
- Teamwork and Collaboration: Inspires and fosters a team environment and works collaboratively to achieve business goals and objectives.
Extendicare is committed to ensuring that all employment practices are inclusive. As an organization we are committed to providing and arranging accommodation for candidates upon request.
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