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L.P.N. (licensed practical nurse)

  • Durée de l'emploi: Temporaire
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 10 to 30 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • College/CEGEP

Work setting

  • Nursing home/home for the aged

Tasks

  • Administer medications
  • Conduct specimen collection
  • Ensure infection control
  • Monitor nutritional intake
  • Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
  • Record medication's therapeutic and side effects observations in patient files
  • 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

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Child Abuse Registry check
  • Immunization records
  • Adult Abuse Registry check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Sound discrimination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods

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

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

  • 1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Shift
  • Morning
  • Night
  • On call
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime required

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement
  • Night shift premium

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Parking available