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Carefor is Eastern Ontario’s largest home care and community support services not-for-profit, with over 1,200 employees operating in Eastern Counties, Ottawa, and Pembroke-Renfrew County. The founding chapter of the Victorian Order of Nurses, Carefor has been helping seniors and people living with disabilities in Eastern Ontario live with choice and dignity since 1897.

For our staff, we are proud to help them be the best they can be both now and into the future. Through comprehensive onboarding and continual training, you are continuously improving your professional practice with Carefor; and with the HOOPP pension plan, great benefits and a flexible schedule, we’re looking out for you and your family. At Carefor, we know our work matters, and we’re proud of the impact we have in people’s lives.

As a Registered Practical Nurse at Carefor, you will make a difference in the lives of your clients by utilizing your excellent communication skills to obtain relevant information from your clients and their families. You will implement nursing strategies or interventions according to the established care plan in consultation with the client and/or caregiver and the health care team. You will utilize adult learning principals and teaching materials to provide guidance to clients and their caregivers. You will incorporate your research findings into your daily clinical practice while demonstrating your exceptional time management and advance planning skills that will promote client-directed care, self-care and independence.

• Utilizes appropriate interviewing and communication skills to obtain information from the client/family
• Provides complete, relevant assessment of the client/family and their environment utilizing established procedures
• Describes and documents assessment findings utilizing established procedures
• In collaboration with the health care team, contributes to and updates the clients care plan as necessary
• Documents problem(s) identified using a specified framework and focuses care on appropriate problem areas utilizing established procedures
• Selects and implements strategies or interventions from established care plans in consultation with the client and/or caregiver and health care team
• Describes, evaluates and documents client’s/family’s responses to care utilizing established procedures
• Provides rationale for and documents modifications to the care plan (eg. visit schedule)
• Negotiates with client/family during delivery of care and respecting client’s choices and decisions
• Utilizes adult learning principals and established teaching materials to provide health teaching to clients and families
• Incorporates current research findings into clinical practice
• Documents clearly, concisely, accurately and appropriately according to Carefor standards

• Registered in good standing with the College of Nurses in Ontario (CNO)
• Excellent high tech skills (with IV restart) or a passion to be trained in these skills
• Valid driver’s license (G2 or G) and the use of a reliable vehicle
• Excellent documentation skills
• The ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary practice
• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to adapt nursing to independent practice
• Wound care Experience Preferred

• Competitive wages
• Defined Pension Plan with the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• Employee Group Benefit Plan
• Premiums for evening and weekend shifts
• Paid Travel and time
• Paid Orientation
• Paid professional development and training
• Employee Assistance Program

Carefor values equity, diversity and inclusion in all its forms and recruits qualified individuals at all occupational levels that reflect the diversity of our clients and our community. We are committed to providing inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and a work environment that supports our diverse workforce. If you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please let your recruiter know when contacted. All requests for accommodation will be considered in a fair and objective manner that will ensure applicants are treated with respect and dignity