Key Responsibilities and Activities
Innovative Approaches:
- Consistently seeks, learns, applies new and effective ways for establishing good human relations with professional and non-professional staff, residents, families, volunteers, and the community
- Demonstrates a commitment to the Mission, Vision, and Values of the Kensington Health Centre
- Provides input to the development and revision of Personal Care policies and procedures and communicates changes to staff
- Facilitates team building and promotes change and innovative ideas
- Operates mechanical lifts and utilizes assisted devices as directed
- Uses scientific knowledge in a systematic approach to identifying problems and in problem solving
- Seeks out opportunities to maintain competency and to continuously learn, taking an active role in continuous quality improvement
Quality Service:
- Collaborates with other members of the health team and other disciplines to initiate care plans
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates individualized care plans to meet the needs of residents
- Assumes responsibility for medication administration, narcotic control, removal of discontinued, unused, or expired medication, application of treatments and dressings, transcription of Physician orders, reordering of medications, preparation, and other tasks
- Promotes the philosophy of being resident driven in all resident encounters and decisions
- Promotes and supports the Resident’s Bill of Rights
- Completes other duties as assigned
Professionalism:
- Ensures all documentation is timely and accurate while following all organizational policies and procedures
- Collaborates in the planning and response to change while providing support to other staff and residents where needed
- Accountable to the DOC for providing nursing care and clinical intervention for the care and services delivered to the Residents on the assigned RHA
- Provides Functions in accordance with Guidelines for Ethical Behaviour in Nursing
- Participates in orientation, training of nursing staff as well as Home Area programs (e.g. Occupational Health and Safety Program, Quality Monitoring and Analysis Program, and Fire Safety)
- Promotes a co-operative working environment
Education
- Nursing degree or diploma required
- Graduate studies in Geriatrics and Nursing Administration are an asset
Professional Certification / Licenses
- Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Current Medication Certificate which meets the College of Nurses Standards of Practice
- Members R.P.N.A.O./R.N.A.O./Gerontological Nursing Association preferred
Years and type of experience
- One year experience in a long-term care facility with knowledge and interest in gerontology
