Registered Nurse (Rn) (Rpt 0.5)

Description

Position at VON Canada (Ontario)

Requisition Details

Employment Status: Permanent, Part Time (0.5 FTE)

Program Name: Visiting Nursing

Number of Hours Bi-Weekly: 37.5

Work Schedule: Days, Evenings, Weekends

Union/Bargaining Unit: ONA

On Call: Yes

Location: This position is for the city of Thunder Bay and surrounding area.

Our Visiting nurses provide client care in the client’s own home. They provide physical assessments, symptom control support, palliative care, rehabilitation therapy, wound care, education, counselling to individuals and families and much more.

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the provision and management of client and family centered, evidence-based, efficient nursing care to individuals and families in their homes and community. The Registered Nurse ensures care is provided within the framework of quality & risk management and the standards and scope of practice set by VON, relevant provincial regulatory body and Community Health Nurses of Canada. The Registered Nurse is responsible for safe and appropriate teaching, assignment and delegation of tasks to different categories of workers.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports the health and well-being of clients and families and client and family engagement in care to support independence.
• Negotiates with client, family or caregiver as necessary to ensure the effective delivery of care while respecting client choices.
• Participates in decision-making of client care plans and follows up to promote continuous quality improvement.
• Provides all levels of nursing care whether caring for stable clients with predictable outcomes or unpredictable outcomes and whose health needs are acute, complex and rapidly changing.
• Documents rationale for referrals, increase and decrease in visits, and for discharge based on relevant, sound data and established guidelines.
• Identifies and utilizes tools and resources for relevant work and manages these resources.
• Provides cost-effective, organized, outcome directed care on an ongoing basis and assigns/delegates care as necessary.
• Utilizes adult learning principals and established teaching materials to provide health teaching to clients and families.
• Shares clinical knowledge to enable clients, families and the community to make informed choices in determining health and service needs.
• Evaluates client’s, family’s, or caregiver's responses to care plan for the achievement of realistic client-centered outcomes and revises plan as required.
• Reports and discusses client's status on a regular basis with other members of the health care team.
• Utilizes appropriate interviewing and communication skills to obtain information from the client, family, or caregiver.
• Manages and coordinates care; evaluates health outcomes; educates, counsels and advocate for individuals to meet health goals
• Influences policy review and development in health care and nursing practice standards through involvement in VON, regulatory, professional organizations and community organizations.
• Plans, implements, evaluates and adjusts care in accordance with client focused expectations by seeking input from clients to assure that services meet needs.
• Incorporates discharge planning in to the care plan as required.
• Provides complete, relevant assessment of the client, family, and caregiver and their environment utilizing pre-set procedures.
• Promotes client-directed care, self-care and independence through teaching and health promotion.
• Functions in accordance with the VON policies, procedures and strategic direction of VON Canada.
• Refers clients to appropriate categories of nursing providers, support providers and to other disciplines utilizing established guidelines.
• Analyses and incorporates current research findings into clinical practice.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Describes and documents client’s, family’s, or caregiver's responses to care plan using established procedures.
• Provides service consistent with the standards established by VON and provincial regulatory body and Community Health Nurses of Canada.
• Practices in accordance with the quality and risk management framework of VON Canada and Occupational Health and Safety legislation.
• Works collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and acts as a clinical resource and mentor for other care providers, staff and students.
• Promotes involvement of client, family or caregiver in determining health and service needs.
• Describes and documents nursing processes clearly, concisely, accurately and appropriately, according to regulatory and VON standards.
• Develops a care plan with the client and family or caregiver based on the nursing assessment.
• Collaborates with management staff and colleagues in the evaluation of own practice and maintains competence through continuing education and self-reflection.
• Performs technical nursing skills at a safe level in accordance with nursing principles and VON policies and procedures.
• Implements nursing strategies or interventions according to the established care plan.

External And Internal Relationships

• Engages regularly with clients, their families and caregivers. Provides education and support to engage clients and families in independence
• Participates actively with other healthcare professional organizations and the community to promote nursing best practices

Education, Designations And Experience

• Experience in community health an asset.
• For positions requiring expertise in a specific field of clinical practice additional degrees or certificates may be required.
• Clinical practice experience is an asset.
• Canadian Nurses Association certification in Community Health Nursing as asset
• Must be Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the province of practice

Skill Requirements

• Ability to observe and make effective assessment of clinical issues.
• Strong Interpersonal relationship building skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that allow for effective engagement with clients, staff and the public.
• Ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• The capacity to adhere to strict confidentially.
• Ability to be independent with decision-making
• Able to articulate effectively knowledge of components of quality and risk management principles as they relate to clinical practices.
• Ability to problem solve and to adapt nursing interventions as appropriate.
• Able to initiate and support health teaching, facilitation and development.
• Effective time management skills that allow for the independent planning and organizing of daily work activity.

Other

• The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be required
• A current and original copy of a satisfactory Criminal Records Check.
• Available to work flexible hours
• Must have personal vehicle and possess both a current driver’s license and proof of vehicle insurance
• A Vulnerable Sector Search and/or a Child Abuse Registry Check may be required.

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Attention to detail; Lift and carry using appropriate lifting techniques; Bend, push, pull, grip, reach, kneel, crouch using good body mechanics; Walk, sit, stand, climb stairs; Hand movements

VON Canada is committed to meeting the needs of persons with disabilities and to providing accessibility accommodations for candidates who require them. If you are in need of accessibility support, please visit our website at http://www.von.ca/en/accessibility for further details.

Attention Current Employees (Internal Applicants): If you are applying to a unionized position and you are a member of its bargaining unit, please be aware that this posting may remain open beyond the deadline if there are not enough applicants to fill the position(s). If the posting remains open after the initial deadline, VON may close the posting at its’ discretion or a rolling deadline equivalent to the posting period specified in your Collective Agreement will be deemed, and each successive period will be treated as a separate posting for purposes of comparing seniority between candidates.

In accordance with the Employer’s policy, Mandatory Vaccination: COVID-19, it is required that all VON Canada Nova Scotia Branch, VON Canada Ontario Branch and VON Canada (National) employees, contractors, volunteers and students be fully vaccinated (subject only to legitimate established exemptions of a medical nature or where there is a valid human rights exception).
To facilitate this policy, all VON Canada employees, students, contractors and volunteers will be required to provide written attestation confirming that they are fully vaccinated and reasonable proof of vaccination status, inclusive of any government-issued documentation.