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Registered Nurse Southbridge Care Homes Location: Baywoods Place, Hamilton, ON. Position: Registered Nurse (RN), Casual, Mixed shifts. Southbridge Care Homes is looking to add a caring, passionate, and enthusiastic Registered Nurse to our home family, to keep residents safe, healthy, and happy. As a Registered Nurse, you will enhance the effective management and quality of nursing practice in line with governing bodies and internal policies. Reporting to the Director of Care, the RN will uphold the College of Nurses of Ontario standards, LongTerm Care standards, and Extendicare standards. Responsibilities Ensure resident care is provided with established nursing standards and principles, physicians orders, and administrative policies; observe, report, and record vital signs, symptoms, and conditions of residents. Assist in assessing residents and developing, implementing, reviewing, and evaluating resident care plans; monitor residents health, note changes in condition, and assess the need for referral to doctors; process and implement physicians orders. Plan, direct, supervise, and evaluate the work of nursing and personal care staff assigned to the unit; orient and train new personnel; participate in inservice education; monitor performance and conduct performance appraisals, referring problems to the Director of Care. Assist in preparing the facility for RAI MDS. Take charge of the facility in the absence of the Director of Care. Provide staff replacement in the absence of the care clerk. Qualifications Appropriate current certificate of competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario. Registration or eligibility for registration with the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. Current First Aid and BLS Certificate. Previous managerial experience in longterm care preferred. Experience dealing with the cognitively impaired. Comprehensive knowledge of nursing and healthcare practices, including Infection Control Practices. Demonstrated commitment to working with seniors. Ability to work effectively individually and with others while prioritizing tasks to handle the most urgent first. Ability to present information clearly and effectively verbally (in person or over the phone) and in writing; an active listener with a friendly demeanor. Ability to collect and use information to thoroughly think through problems and situations; synthesizes information from various sources to see the big picture and generate creative solutions. Organizational, planning, timemanagement, and multitasking skills. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in working as part of our team! Only those applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted. If interested, please apply through this posting. Southbridge Care Homes welcomes applicants with disability related needs and those who have a need for accommodation in the recruitment process. Please provide notice of your need for accommodation to the hiring manager upon scheduling of an interview. Seniority level: MidSenior. Employment type: Fulltime. Job function: Health Care Provider. Industries: Hospitals and Health Care. #J-18808-Ljbffr