Job Description
Education
- College/CEGEP
- or equivalent experience
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
Work setting
- Nursing home/home for the aged
- Retirement home
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions
- Assist in surgery and other medical procedures
- Collaborate to plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care
- Conduct disease screening
- Deliver health education programs
- Deliver immunization programs
- Dispense and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician
- Engage in research activities related to nursing
- Manage home care cases
- Monitor, assess, address, document and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions
- Operate or monitor medical apparatus or equipment
- Participate in community needs assessment and program development
- Provide nursing care
- Supervise licensed practical nurses and other nursing staff
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- Licensure as a Registered Nurse by provincial or territorial authorities
Experience and specialization
Area of specialization
- Gerontology
Additional information
Security and safety
- Bondable
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Fast-paced environment
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Sitting
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups: Newcomers to Canada
Who can apply to this job?
Only apply to this job if:
- You are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
- You have a valid Canadian work permit.
If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.
How to apply
