C​/Registered Nurse – Rehabilitation; Casual

(C/26-04) Registered Nurse - Rehabilitation (Casual)

The Registered Nurse is an integral member of the health centre care team and participates in the assessmenttreatment, and provision of care and health promotion for all patients through supportive, therapeutic, palliative and rehabilitative means while adhering to the standards mandated by the College of Nurses of Ontario. Responsible for providing care to patients,as well as supervision and direction to staff such as Registered Practical Nurses and Personal Support Workers.

The RN supports the mission, vision and values of SJHCG, as well asworking towards established goals and objectives. The RN is also responsible for following all policies, processes and procedures of SJHCG.

• Caring for Individuals, families, groups,communities and populations.
• Anticipates and recognizes subtle changes, probes toassess further, identifies relevantfactors, understands significance and manages appropriately.
• Analyzes and synthesizes a wide range of information using a variety of frameworks or theories.
• Makes decisions after actively seeking information.
• Makes decisions by drawing on a comprehensive rangeof options to interpret, analyze and solve problems.
• Anticipates many possibilities and makes proactivedecisions.
• Plans broadly and over a longer time period,incorporating a variety of options and resources.
• Meets a wide range of nursing care needs of clientsregardless of complexity and predictability, including health teaching.
• Meets immediate and anticipated long-term client needs, drawing from a comprehensive assessment and range of options.
• Manages multiple nursing interventionssimultaneously in rapidly changing situations
• Directs plans of care for highly complex clients.
• Collaborates with client to evaluate overall goal achievement and modifies plan of care
• Identifies and anticipates a multiplicity ofoutcomes and modifies plan of care in collaboration with client.
• Recognizes, analyzes and interprets deviations frompredicted client response(s); modifies plan of care autonomously.
• Consults with other health care team members about abroad range of client needs.
• Acts as a resource for RPNs to meet client needs.
• Designs, coordinates and implements health programs.
• Assumes role of leader within inter-professional team.
• Provides leadership through formal and informalroles.
• Acts as a preceptor to students and novice nurses.
• Directs unregulated care providers, as appropriate.
• Leads team effort to develop plans of care toachieve identified client goals when overall care requirements are more complex.
• Makes decisions about and allocates resources atprogram/unit level.
• Critically evaluates theoretical and research-basedapproaches for application to practiceli>
• Appraises the value of evidence, incorporatesresearch into practice, develops research questions and participates on research teams.
• Integrates theoretical and research-based approaches to design care and implement change.
• Contributes to a transparent culture of client andstaff safety by adhering to and abiding by patient and staff safety policies and procedures set by SJHCG.
• The Program Team Leader is an additional resourcethat can be accessed for consultation for care decisions, or if there isconflicting views on how to move forward. The Program Team Leader is responsible for the overall function of the program during their shift, andhas decision making authority in the absence of the Program Manager. Allnurses are collectively responsible for the effective function of their floorduring their shift.

• Registered Nurse in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Strong conflict resolution skills when dealing with staff, supervisors, physicians, patients and family.
• Demonstrated written andverbal communication skills, and excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgement in recognizing situations that may require immediate attention of appropriate person/people.
• Ability to provideeducational opportunities for other health care providers and health carestudents.
• Knowledge of and adherence to Occupational Health and Safety and…