RN - Halton Healthcare, Oakville

Your impact

As a Registered Nurse exploring Halton Healthcare jobs in Oakville, you will be providing specialized patient care in an active complex continuing care unit. Your focus will be on providing care to our patient population who require medically complex care, slow stream rehabilitative care, reactivation, or palliative care, while also supporting their families.

You will assume responsibility for the coordination of care focusing on the patient's transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction. Supported to provide a full range of nursing care within your scope of practice, your duties include:

• Administering of medications and procedures as per established policies and guidelines
• Completing health assessments and documenting observations and changes in your patient's condition
• Collaborating with health team members to update individualized care plans to facilitate positive patient care outcomes
• Fulfilling the charge role and providing support to your colleagues as needed

Qualifications

To qualify for this healthcare opportunity among Halton Healthcare careers, candidates must meet several key professional and physical standards:

• Current Registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Current Heart & Stroke Approved BLS Provider Card upon hire
• Proven ability to care and manage patients with tracheostomies, enteral/parenteral feeds, CADD pumps, PICC lines, IVs, Wound Management Systems, Fecal Management Systems
• Completion of a physical health assessment course
• One year nursing experience in Long Term Care setting
• Exceptional communications skills, verbal, written, and electronic
• Demonstrated compassion, patience and empathy
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize depending of changing needs of patients
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment but also work independently as needed
• Computer skills/CCRS data entry an asset
• Evidence of dedication to continuing education
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and time management skills
• Must be able to meet the physical demands of the position
• Satisfactory employment and attendance record

The team

Halton Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout operations, policies, and culture. If you are passionate about what you do, motivated by a job well done, and committed to excellence, quality, and patient satisfaction, the team welcomes your application to join their health network in Oakville.

Benefits

Halton Healthcare is committed to providing accommodations for applicants with disabilities in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code throughout the recruitment and selection process.