Clinical Resource Nurse (N3) - Pre-Admission Anesthesia Clinic (Pac)

Requisition ID: 341853

Position Number: 20060503

Posting End Date: July 31, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: Victoria General Hospital

Department / Unit: Pre-Anesthesia Clinic

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MNU-WCHREO

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

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Position Overview

Under the direction of the Manager of Patient Care, Surgery and in collaboration with the Department Head of Anesthesia, the Clinical Resource Nurse (CRN) is responsible for providing clinical expertise to nurses. Assists in the direction, teaching and coordination of Anesthesia Aides. The CRN assumes a leadership role in coordinating patient care within the healthcare team to ensure quality patient care outcomes, and promote an interdisciplinary patient centered approach to care based on best practice. Demonstrates a commitment to the Mission, Values and Culture of the Victoria General Hospital, the Clinical Resource Nurses- PAC is responsible for providing clinical nursing care pre, intra and post operatively to surgical patients undergoing an anesthetic procedure including pre –anesthetic assessments, preparing patients for anesthesia and assisting the anesthesiologist during surgery. Screens patient charts for needs and performs pre-operative anesthesia risk assessments including obtaining detailed medical history, physical patient exam’s including airway assessment, reviewing consults, labs and diagnostic tests including EKGs.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years recent clinical experience in, PACU, Anesthesia Nursing, ICU or Operating Room (OR) Nursing required.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Successful completion of a recognized Operating Room or Intensive Care Program preferred.
• Bachelor of Nursing preferred.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Current CRNM registration required.
• Current BCLS preferred.

Qualifications And Skills

• Critical thinking skills and the ability to work independently is required.
• Demonstrated patient/ family teaching ability required.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to work collaboratively with other health disciplines required.
• Demonstrated ability to establish IV’s required. Setting up and interpreting invasive monitoring, preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required.

Physical Requirements

• The ability to complete the job on a regular basis.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.