Requisition Details:
Employment Status: Permanent, Part-time (0.4 FTE)
Program Name: Visiting Nursing
Number of Hours Bi-Weekly: 30
Work Schedule: Days, Weekends
Union/Bargaining Unit: ONA
On-Call: Yes
Existing Vacancy: Yes - we're currently hiring candidates for an existing
vacancy in this position.
Our Visiting nurses provide client care in the client’s own home. They provide
physical assessments, symptom control support, palliative care, rehabilitation
therapy, wound care, education, counselling to individuals and families and much
more.
Job Summary:
The Registered Practical Nurse is responsible for the provision and management
of client and family centered, evidence-based, efficient nursing care to
individuals and families in their homes and community. The Registered Practical
Nurse ensures care is provided within the framework of quality & risk management
and the standards and scope of practice set by VON and the relevant provincial
regulatory body. The Registered/Licensed Practical Nurse is responsible for safe
and appropriate teaching, assignment and delegation of tasks to different
categories of workers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provides nursing care to predictable clients who have less complex care needs
via an established plan of care. When providing care to clients with more
complex needs and unpredictable health outcomes, must consult with an RN (or
other appropriate health care provider).
- Manages and facilitates care via an established nursing care plan and
evaluate client responses to interventions.
- Provides cost-effective, organized, outcome directed care on an ongoing
basis.
- Provides complete, relevant assessment of the client and family and their
environment utilizing established procedures.
- Obtains relevant information for care from the client, family and appropriate
members of the healthcare team.
- Documents all relevant information clearly, concisely, accurately and
appropriately according to VON standards.
- Describes and documents assessment findings utilizing established procedures.
This includes the documentation of a client’s and family’s reaction to care.
- Documents problems identified using a specified framework and focuses care on
appropriate problem areas utilizing established procedures.
- Contributes to clients’ care plans in collaboration with the health care
team.
- Selects and implements strategies or interventions from established care
plans in consultation with the client and/or caregiver and health care team.
- Documents and provides rational for modifications to the care plan, such as
changes to the visit schedule.
- Negotiates with client and the family during delivery of care while
respecting client choices.
- Incorporates current research findings into clinical practices.
- Provides rationale for referrals, increase or decrease in visits and for
discharge based on relevant, sound data and established guidelines.
- Identifies and utilizes tools and resources for relevant work and manages
these resources.
- Assigns care to other workers and involves the client and family in client
care as appropriate.
- Refers clients to appropriate category of nursing care provider and to other
disciplines utilizing established guidelines.
- Promotes client-directed care, self-care and independence through teaching.
- Shares clinical knowledge to enable clients, family and the community to make
informed choices in determining health and service needs.
- Utilizes adult learning principals and established teaching materials to
provide health teaching to clients and families.
- Promotes involvement of the client family in determining health and service
needs.
- Participates in the development of heath policies and nursing practice
standards through involvement in VON, professional organizations and
community organizations.
- Practices in accordance with the quality and risk management framework of VON
Canada and Occupational Health and Safety legislation.
- Plans, implements, evaluates and adjusts care in accordance with customer
focused expectations by seeking input from clients to assure that service
meets needs.
- Participates in decision making and follows up to promote continuous quality
improvement.
- Functions in accordance with the VON policies, procedures and strategic
direction of VON Canada.
- Collaborates with management staff and colleagues in the evaluation of own
practice and maintains competence through continuing education and
self-reflection.
Common Responsibilities:
- Promotes the goals and values of VON and their role as an integrated
community care provider.
- Promotes a safe and healthy workplace ensuring workplace conduct and
activities are in accordance with the provincial Occupational Health and
Safety Act and Regulations and compliant with the VON Safety Management
System, including all Policies, Safe Work Practices and Procedures.
- Abides by all VON policies and work practices.
- Abides by all confidentiality and protection of personal information
policies, regulations and practices and ensures appropriate safeguards are in
place within their role.
- Works in collaboration with other staff in a team approach to service
delivery.
External and Internal Relationships:
- Works collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and acts as a clinical
resource and mentor for other care providers, staff and students.
- Engages regularly with clients, their families and caregivers. Provides
education and support to engage clients and families in independence.
- Participates actively with other healthcare professional organizations and
the community to promote nursing best practices.
Education, Designations and Experience:
- Must have a License as a Registered or Licensed Practical Nurse in the
province of practice.
- For positions requiring expertise in a specific field of clinical practice
additional degrees or certificates may be required.
- Clinical practice experience is an asset.
- Experience in community health is an asset.
Skill Requirements:
- Ability to observe and make effective assessments of clinical issues.
- Able to initiate and support health teaching, facilitation and development.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with particular proficiency
in interviewing relevant stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal relationship building skills with the ability work
collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team.
- Ability to problem solve and to adapt to nursing interventions as
appropriate.
- The capacity to adhere to strict confidentially.
- Able to articulate effectively knowledge of components of quality and risk
management principles as they relate to clinical practices.
- Effective time management skills that allow for the independent planning and
organizing of daily work activity.
Other:
- Must have personal vehicle and possess both a current driver’s license and
proof of vehicle insurance
- A current and original copy of a satisfactory Criminal Records Check.
- A Vulnerable Sector Search and/or a Child Abuse Registry Check may be
required.
- Available to work flexible hours
- Must be able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Working conditions and physical demands: This role requires a detail-oriented
approach in a dynamic environment, with physical activity including lifting,
carrying (using proper techniques), bending, reaching, kneeling, and other
movements that emphasize good body mechanics. Individuals in the role are
required to walk, sit, stand, and climb stairs throughout the day, with some
tasks requiring fine hand movements.
Attention Current Employees (Internal Applicants): If you are applying to a
unionized position and you are a member of its bargaining unit, please be aware
that this posting may remain open beyond the deadline if there are not enough
applicants to fill the position(s). If the posting remains open after the
initial deadline, VON may close the posting at its’ discretion or a rolling
deadline equivalent to the posting period specified in your Collective Agreement
will be deemed, and each successive period will be treated as a separate posting
for purposes of comparing seniority between candidates.
