Position: Registered Practical Nurse

Vacancies: 2

Status: Permanent full-time days – 12 hour shifts 75 hours bi-weekly, unionized

Reporting to: Director of Care/Executive Director

Salary: $30.91/hour

Start Date: As soon as possible

Do you have a passion for making a difference?

At Mill Creek Care Centre, we are passionate about providing compassionate care for families’ loved ones, where the residents of our home come before anything else.

Our Vision is to build and provide a community where Residents can achieve all they can be and experience holistic care in a Christian manner and environment.

Our Mission is to provide services in a friendly, quality focused, caring community.

Our Values follow a ‘People’ focused philosophy, Participation ~ Excellence ~ Openness ~ Performance ~ Longevity ~ Efficient Use of Resources. This philosophy can be seen in every aspect and level of our home.

Since Mill Creek Care Centre opened, we have offered a community within a community that people were happy to call ‘home’. We pride ourselves in this community connection, our philosophies and the feeling of comfort that can be felt as soon as the door opens.

Responsibilities of a Registered Practical Nurse at Mill Creek Care Centre

The Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) reports directly to the Director of Care. He/she shall coordinate and oversee all aspects of resident focused delivery of care. He/she will provide direct supervision, leadership, and education to other members of the health care team.

Acts as a resource and advocate for residents, families, and staff. As a RPN it is expected that you promote the values, goals, and philosophy of the Home.

Duties for your position.
• Development and modification of the care plans in response to residents’ change in status
• Liaises with other health care personnel, agencies and families
• Maintains good relationships with Medical/Support/Home, staff, residents, families and general public
• Supervises all activities on his/her unit, takes charge as required
• Monitors performance and completes performance evaluation for the PSW’s
• Directs, assigns and evaluates the work of the PSW’s
• May be in charge of Home as required. Utilizes leadership skills to identify problems and problem- solving on the unit
• Monitors that care is delivered is consistent with the resident Bill of Rights.
• Required to understand the nature and meaning of quality indicators used by the Home and to understand which indicators are publicly reported.
• Required to participate in the improvement of the indicators and achieve satisfactory results.
• Orders and ensures nursing supplies and equipment are properly and efficiently used
• Conducts unit rounds at the beginning and end of shift.
• Administers medications and treatments in compliance with the policies of Pharmacy provider, the Home and the Standard of the College of Nurses. Documents and reports all errors and omissions
• Maintains accurate and complete records of nursing observations and care in compliance with the legislative requirements and the policies of the Home
• Assesses changes in health status and reports changes to Substitute Decision Maker (SDM) and interdisciplinary team
• Completes assessments (RAI-MDS and other assessments) develops and updates plan of care for each resident in collaboration with the resident and/or SDM and the interdisciplinary team.
• Other duties as assigned and or indicated in Job Task Inventory

Qualifications

At Mill Creek Care Centre, we take pride in our employees, so your qualifications are important to us. We use them to get to know you and see if we are a good fit for each other. The qualifications needed to join our family at Mill Creek Care Centre are as follows:

• At least two years college diploma
. Current Certificate of Competence with the College of Nurses of Ontario as Registered Practical Nurse to practice with no restrictions against their licence
• Basic CPR certificate within 1 year required
• Previous experience in long term care setting required
• Valid N95 maskfit certificate within 2 years required
• Ability to work with and relate to interdisciplinary team members
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of RAI-MDS – AIS certified, if not must be completed successfully within one (1) year of being hired.
• Must have a clear vulnerable sector screen, no older than 6 months, TB test results less than 6 months old, must be able to provide three supervisory references.
• Must be able to commute if residence is not in the Barrie area, with a reliable means of transportation.

Mill Creek Care Centre recognizes the importance of immunization to protect our residents, staff and others from COVID-19. As such, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, it will be a condition of employment that all new hires are fully vaccinated having received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada, 14 days before start date.

Benefits:

-Health and dental benefits with Medavie Bluecross
– Employee and Family Assistance Program available
-Disability insurance
– Registered Retirement savings plan (optional)

How to apply?

Please submit a resume, cover letter, and references to the Employee Engagement Specialist at colleen.flynn@millcreekcarecentre.ca

We look forward to speaking with you and Making Every Moment Matter™.
We are committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace, and we welcome applications from all persons. Our organization takes the accessibility needs of employees and candidates with disabilities into account during the position summary review process. Employees and candidates are required to notify their Director/Manager/Supervisor or Hiring Manager if they have any accessibility needs and the organization will work with the employee to address them.