Are you a Registered Practical Nurse seeking a dynamic role that offers both challenge and fulfillment?
At Sinai Health’s Reactivation Care Centre, an extension of Mount Sinai Hospital, every day brings new opportunities to expand your expertise while making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients working towards recovery, independence and better quality of life.
We use cutting-edge technologies and evidence-based practices to support patients on their journey to recovery. With an emphasis on individualized care plans and a supportive team environment, you'll develop a comprehensive skill set and observe remarkable patient transformations.
Is this you?
You are an engaging and empathetic individual, recognizing that illness or surgery can significantly impact the lives for patients and their families. Your approach to care revolves around encouraging and supporting patients, using senior friendly strategies, and promoting fundamentals of care as patients work towards their goals, understanding that progress can take time and patience is key.
You value robust educational opportunities to facilitate professional growth. The variety of patient presentations ensures that you continuously refine your expertise, making each day dynamic and rewarding. A passionate and critical thinker, you continually use your knowledge, skills and judgement needed to provide competent, evidence-based nursing practice to selected patients, conformed to the complexity and predictability of their health condition.
Your success in this role hinges on your openness to innovation and adaptation as rehabilitation research continually evolves. You embrace new technologies and procedures, utilize tools to address functional, communication and physical challenges, and recommend resources to further support and transition patient and families to live in the community successfully. Your commitment to evidence-based practice is unwavering – you stay abreast of the latest research to optimize patient outcomes.
About the Sinai Health Reactivation Care Centre:
Our specialized 16 bed inpatient reactivation program is located on the beautiful and quaint UHN-RCC campus. The Sinai Health RCC program is designed for individuals who present with decreased mobility, independence and/or function as a result of an acute illness or surgery. We focus on patients with potential for functional improvement, providing tailored care plans and utilizing state-of-the-art tools to support their recovery journey. Depending on the reactivation goals patients typically experience an average length of stay of 30 to 60 days. A Registered Nurse will complete patient admission assessments and work collaboratively with you to assign patients appropriately. You will collaborate with a high performing multi-disciplinary team including Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioner, OT, PT, SW, and SLP to provide high quality and safe patient care.
In this role you will:
- Demonstrate the College of Nurses of Ontario Entry to Practice Competencies for Registered Practical Nurses
- Possess the requisite knowledge, skills, judgment and attitude to deliver competent and evidence-based nursing care
- Meet the nursing professional standards and exercises judgment for providing safe, competent and ethical nursing care
- Demonstrate accountability and responsibility for your decisions and actions and practices within your own level of competence
- Determine the need for and initiate consultation and collaboration with intra and interdisciplinary team members including Registered Nurses in a timely and supportive manner
- Continuously gather and analyze clinical and other relevant data to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care and adjusts the plan as needed
- Work collaboratively with patients, families, caregivers and the interdisciplinary healthcare team
- Provide health education using effective teaching strategies that takes into account the patient/family's learning needs, readiness, and motivation to learn
- Contribute to discharge and transition planning and other planning activities to facilitate care continuity and coordination; advocate for care needs to be met in most appropriate setting
- Provide supervision and mentorship to nursing learners and new staff
- Utilize critical inquiry, critical thinking and research to develop evidence-informed practice and inform decision-making
- Develop expertise in your area of practice through self-reflection, self-learning, specialty certification and implementation of best practice guidelines.
- Be committed to patient safety and quality responsibilities in accordance with hospital vision, policies and procedures
- Contribute to achieving Sinai Health’s strategic and operational priorities through a commitment to continuous quality improvement, patient/staff safety, professional development and continuing education
- Contribute to Sinai’s work by participating actively in hospital committees and other groups to represent the RPN perspective