Registered Practical Nurse

** $3 /hour Wage Enhancement for 2024 **

Mill Creek Care Centre is committed to recruiting and retaining professional, high quality staff in order to deliver the best care possible for all residents. 

Position Title: Registered Practical Nurse
Reporting to: Director of Care
Location: Mill Creek Care Centre 

Do you have a passion for making a difference? 

At Mill Creek Care Centre, we are passionate about providing compassionate care for families' loved ones, where the residents of our home come before anything else. 

Our Vision  is to build and provide a community where Residents can achieve all they can be and experience holistic care in a Christian manner and environment.

Our Mission  is to provide services in a friendly, quality focused, caring community.

Our Values  follow a ‘People’ focused philosophy,  P articipation ~ E xcellence ~  O penness ~  P erformance ~  L ongevity ~  E fficient Use of Resources. This philosophy can be seen in every aspect and level of our home. 

Since Mill Creek Care Centre opened, we have offered a community within a community that people were happy to call ‘home’. We pride ourselves in this community connection, our philosophies and the feeling of comfort that can be felt as soon as the door opens. 

Responsibilities of a Registered Practical Nurse at Niagara Long Term Care Residence 

The Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) reports directly to the Director of Care. He/she shall provide professional nursing care to all Residents and supervise the care given. He/she is required to assess all Resident needs and planning, implementing and evaluating the care program. Essential Duties are the technical skills and knowledge that an employee requires in order to perform their role. Below is detailed information on required Essential Duties for your position.

• Provides direction and supervision to all PSW's/Care Attendants,
• Assesses Residents on move-in and every six months thereafter unless there has been a change in the condition of the Resident, 
• Creates the care plan for each resident, 
• Responsible for orientation of new Associates,
• Accountable for the medication delivery system for the Residents,
• Monitors Associate's performance and completes performance appraisals, 
• Liaison with Residents, families and outside agencies as required Respects the Residents' Bill of Rights,
• Liaison with the Resident's physician as necessary,
• Promotes a safe, healthy workplace, 
• Completes weights and blood pressure checks as required,
• Provides ongoing education to Associates to meet legislative requirements and learning needs of Associates,
• Completes nursing documentation, 
• Aware of role and responsibilities under the Occupational Health & Safety Act.
  

Qualifications

At Mill Creek Care Centre we take pride in our employees, so your qualifications are important to us. We use them to get to know you and see if we are a good fit for each other. The qualifications needed to join our family at Mill Creek Care Centre are as follows:

• Registered Practical Nurse with a current certificate of competence and a member in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario,
• Medication Certificate required,
• Experience with the care of the elderly,
• Empathy for and understanding of the elderly, 
• A high degree of tolerance and patience,
• Good communication skills, both oral and written, 
• Supervisory capability and experience,
• Ability to walk, stand, carry equipment and ability to lift and transfer Residents,
• Must provide a medical certificate from a physician prior to the completion of probationary period.
• Must have a clear vulnerable sector screen, no older than 6 months, TB test results less than 6 months old, must be able to provide three supervisory references.
• Mill Creek Care Centre recognizes the importance of immunization to protect our residents, staff and others from COVID-19. As such, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, it will be a condition of employment that all new hires have received, at minimum, the first two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada with the booster dose scheduled.  

How to apply?

Please submit a resume and references. We look forward to speaking with you, and making every moment matter!  Our organization takes the accessibility needs of employees with disabilities into account during the position summary review process. Employees are required to notify their director manager/supervisor if they have any particular accessibility needs and the organization will work with the employee to address them.