CUPE POSTING

Position: Registered Practical Nurse 

Dept: 1A Surgery

Posting ID: 2024-39147

Status: Permanent Part time 

Role Level: CUPE 09 - $34.764 to $37.049

Site: Credit Valley Hospital

Hours of Work/Shift: 12 hour shifts - Days, Evenings, Nights, and Weekends

Posted: Sept 17, 2024

Internal Deadline: Sept 24, 2024

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission:     A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community

Our Values:       Compassion, Excellence, Courage

Our Goals:        Quality, Access, Sustainability

Our Enablers:    People, Education, Innovation, Research

Position Summary:

1A Surgery offers you the opportunity to provide a safe environment and quality patient care to a varied surgical population. From General Surgery , Orthopedics , Urology , Vascular Surgery and the specialties of Plastic, Maxilla-Facial Surgery and most recently our specialty of oncology surgery. With our growing oncology population we have added a 6 bed surgical observation unit requiring increase observation post surgery. Providing care to such a diverse group of surgical patients, this unit gives the motivated RPN opportunity to learn new skills and expand their knowledge of peri-operative nursing.  The staff is proud of their commitment to on-going education and in their use of evidenced-based practice.

1A Surgery has a strong interdisciplinary team to offer our patients and their families quality care.  Come and join this great team!

Qualifications:

• Candidate will be a diploma graduate of a recognized college or school of nursing or equivalent (i.e., certificate RPN with added courses in medication administration, phlebotomy, and health assessment)
• Current certification or eligibility for certification of competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario is required
• Current BCLS
• A physical assessment course required
• 2 years recent experience with inpatient surgical patient population required
• Demonstrates knowledge, experience and the ability to care for patients with the following:  initiation and maintenance of IV therapy, administration of medication above the drip chamber, blood and blood product administration, patient controlled analgesia, epidurals, central venous access devices, blood glucose monitoring, nasogastric tubes, wound management skills, routine infection control practices, normal and abnormal blood values
• Previous experience in providing and delivering patients and families with educational teaching including but not limited to post operative care
• Demonstrates excellence in communication skills and team work
• Demonstrates strong attention to patient and family-centered care and establishing therapeutic relationships
• Evidence of on-going professional development preferred
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge with Meditech and computer skills preferred

To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca

 Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities.  If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.

We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.