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Wage Rate:

The starting wage rate is $36.06/hour.

Vacancy:

This is a temporary vacancy.

Position Overview

Coordinates and oversees all aspects of resident-focused delivery of care.

Provide direct supervision, leadership and education to other members of the health care team. Acts as a resource and advocate for residents, families and staff.

Promote the values, goals and philosophy of the Home.

Promotes a safe and secure environment for all residents.

Essential Duties

Assessment of Wounds

- Assess wounds as per the Skin Care and Wound Management Protocol
- Ensure that the skin risk assessment is completed on admission including head
to toe assessment
- Assess/educate residents with actual skin breakdown weekly in
WoundRounds and upload into PCC.
- Assess residents that are re-admitted back from the hospital or returned from a
leave of absence >48 hours with skin breakdown.
Coordinate with the other health care team
- Coordinate with the Assistant Director of Nursing if a referral of a
resident to an Enterostomal Therapist Consultant is required.
- Inform the Assistant Director of Care to order/rent a therapeutic surface as
necessary.
- Provide the dietician a list of residents with actual skin breakdown
monthly and provide access to WoundRounds.
- Coordinate with the physician and the ET consultant any resident(s)
that needs to be referred to a Plastic Surgeon.
Intervention(s)
- Assist the Registered Staff with the dressing of complex wounds as
per MD orders.

Quality Improvement/Documentation

- Ensure that there is a weekly entry in PCC progress notes through
WoundRounds of the resident’s wound status when resident(s) has altered skin
integrity.
- Ensure that the treatment orders on the Physician’s order sheets,
eMAR, and WoundRounds are updated and accurate.
- Check that Care Plans are up to date.
- Analyze data collected of wound prevalence in WoundRounds
- Ensures that quarterly head to toe assessments are done

Quality/Risk Management

- Required to understand the nature and meaning of quality indicators used by the
Home and to understand which indicators are publicly reported.
- Required to participate in the improvement of the indicators and achieve
satisfactory results.

Education

- Coordinate with the Director of Nursing/ Assistant Director of
Nursing or the Staff Development Coordinator on education on skin
and wound management.

Responsibilities to Health and Safety

- Is aware of employee’s responsibilities and follows all Health and Safety policies
and procedures.
- Works safely to reduce the risk of injury to self, co-workers and residents
- Is alert to and properly reports all actual or potential hazardous situations to
immediate supervisor.
- Is aware of WHMIS regulated products and takes safety precautions
accordingly
- Does not operate or use faulty equipment
- Promptly reports personal injury to immediate supervisor and seeks first aid as
needed
- Renders first aid as required
- Has a good understanding of the “Worker’s Responsibilities” under
the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- Is aware of how and when to use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Attend all mandatory health and safety training sessions
- Report hazards that you are aware of to your Supervisor and the JHSC
- Understand and follow all of the Home’s health and safety policies and
procedures

General

- Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

- Current Certificate of Competence with the College of Nurses of Ontario as Registered Nurse or a Registered Nurse registered with a regulatory authority in a Canadian jurisdiction, other than Ontario, and holds in that jurisdiction the equivalent of a certificate of registration authorizing independent practice in Ontario as of right exemption Bill 60

- Basic CPR

- Experience in long term care setting an asset

- Ability to work with and relate to interdisciplinary team members

- Ability to work from the heart and make others smile

- Well-developed written and oral communication skills

- Knowledge of RAI-MDS – AIS certified, if not must be completed successfully within one (1) year of being hired.

- 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.

- COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment.

Work Environment

We are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy work environment, in accordance with industry standards and in compliance with legislative requirements, which includes taking steps to prevent/minimize occupational injury and illness.

We are also committed to meeting the accessibility standards set out in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, including making accessibility an integral part of recruiting, hiring and supporting employees with disabilities.

Physical Demands

A physical demands analysis is required by an employer to determine whether an employee has the medical ability, critical strength, and mobility to safely work in a specific job. It provides the information to compare the abilities of an employee with what is required to safely perform the tasks of the position. Please refer to the Health and Safety Manual for position-specific physical demands analysis.

We appreciate all applicants' interest; only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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We are committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace, and we welcome applications from all persons. Our organization takes the accessibility needs of employees and candidates with disabilities into account during the position summary review process. Employees and candidates are required to notify their Director/Manager/Supervisor or Hiring Manager if they have any accessibility needs, and the organization will work with the employee to address them.