RPN Family Medicine​/Urban Family Hlth Team

St Joseph’s Family Medicine/Urban Family Health Team

Registered Practical Nurse (RPN)

Unity Health Toronto comprised of Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph's Health Centre and St. Michael's Hospital, works to advance the health of everyone in our urban communities and beyond. Our health network serves patients, residents and clients across the full spectrum of care, spanning primary care, secondary community care, tertiary and qua ternary care services to post‑acute through rehabilitation, palliative care and long‑term care, while investing in world‑class research and education.

We invite you to join our dedicated team in continuing to put patients and families at the heart of everything we do—by applying for the role of Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) with our Family Medicine/Urban Family Health Team at St Joseph’s.

The RPN works within a changing environment and in inter‑professional teams to advocate for and promote wellness while ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and ethical nursing care. As a member of the interprofessional primary care team, the RN provides comprehensive primary care services to individuals and their families across the lifespan and supports health promotion and disease prevention initiatives in optimizing health for our patients and families.

The RPN shares their knowledge and expertise with others and contributes to the advancement of nursing practice excellence. The RPN continually enhances his/her practice and competencies through ongoing learning, education, experience, and reflective practice. The primary location of this position is across all St Joseph’s Family Health Team sites as needed.

The primary role of the RPN is to provide holistic, evidence-based, culturally appropriate, patient‑centered quality care in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario standards and Unity Health Toronto’s mission, vision, values, and policies. The RPN optimizes the patients experience and care outcomes by:

• Being accountable for one’s decisions and professional practice.
• Establishing a therapeutic relationship with the patient.
• Providing autonomous nursing care with patients considered stable and with predictable outcomes.
• Collaborating with other members of the patients care team.
• Coordinating and communicating patient care activities to optimize the patient’s experience and care outcomes.
• Collaborating and consulting with Registered Nurses and other members of the care team in the care of patients with increasing instability and unpredictability and, when necessary, safely transferring care to the Registered Nurse.

• Acquires information to assess patient care and learning needs.
• Engages patients and families to assess the level of involvement of the patient/family in their care and integrates it into care planning.
• Develops a plan of care and integrate nursing activities with other inter‑professional activities.
• Engages in critical inquiry and reflection to select evidence‑based interventions.
• Organizes nursing care based on patient care needs and priorities.
• Provides ongoing care to clients of all ages, including assessments, counseling, screening, referrals, education, and follow‑up within a primary care framework and guided by the RNAO Best Practice Guidelines.
• Initiates and co‑manages appropriate nursing interventions and uses current knowledge trends to care for patients and/or monitors the ongoing therapy of clients with chronic stable illness.
• Performs telephone triage and monitoring within the clinical setting in consultation with RNs and duty.
• Performs a variety of medical procedures such as: immunizations, injections, dressing, ear syringing, liquid nitrogen treatments, and PAPs.
• Promotes self‑management and behaviour change with our patients to address chronic diseases early in the disease cycle to prevent disease progression and reduce potential health complications.
• Collaborates with the client and family and the inter‑professional team to develop health care plans and recommendations concerning treatment, prevention, and health promotion options.
• Anticipates and recognizes rapidly changing…