Full Time Permanent

Licensed Practical Nurse – Various Locations

Posted 1 year ago
$50 - $60 per hour
Application deadline closed.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
  • Take vital signs, apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensure infection control, monitore nutritional intake and conduct specimen collection
  • 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

Languages

English or French

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

On the road job

 Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • Eligible for licensure as a practical nurse by the province/territory of work

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Overtime required

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups: Indigenous people, Persons with disabilities, Visible minorities

Vacancies: 25

How to apply