- Work Term: Permanent

- Work Language: English

- Hours: 16 to 40 hours per week

- Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year

Work setting- Willing to relocate
- Nursing home/home for the aged
Tasks- Administer medications
- Apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing
- Conduct specimen collection
- Ensure infection control
- Monitor nutritional intake
- Observe and record medication's therapeutic and side effects
- Record medication's therapeutic and side effects observations in patient files
- Take vital signs
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons
- Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
- Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
- Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families
- Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
- Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses - Eligible for licensure as a practical nurse by the province/territory of work
- Completion of the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Area of specialization- Geriatrics
Security and safety- Criminal record check
- Immunization records
- Tuberculosis test
Work conditions and physical capabilities- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Large caseload
Personal suitability- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Health benefits- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits- As per collective agreement
Other benefits- Other benefits
- Wellness program





Salary: $31.89 to $40.15 hourly (to be negotiated)