Community Visit Nursing:  Registered Practical Nurses (RPN/LPN)

Work Area:   Ottawa and Surrounding Areas

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Bayshore is looking for passionate and caring Registered Practical Nurses (RPN/LPN) to join our amazing team. You will use your clinical skills to ensure that our clients receive the highest quality home health care they need and deserve, delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability, in the comfort and safety of their homes.

If your calling is to be the “difference” by providing outstanding care, then a Health Care Career with Bayshore is the Perfect Fit for YOU!

We value our Bayshore Nurses with:

• Among the highest industry wages for the critical work you do
• Company sponsored benefits (health and dental) for you and your family for full-time and part-time staff
• Retirement Savings Plan with a company contribution
• Paid sick days, paid orientation, and paid training
• Competitive travel compensation
• Efficient work schedules with more care time and less travel
• Opportunities to grow in your career
• Company provided mobile devices for easy documentation and strong communication
• Annual Education/Wellness Allowance

The Registered Practical Nurse, under the direction of the immediate Supervisor, establishes, monitors and delivers nursing care to clients in a community setting as per the nursing care plan and in accordance with all required internal and external professional practice standards. As required, they provide support and direction to unlicensed/unregistered employees involved in direct client care.

Duties and Responsibilities:    

• Provide client care by utilizing the skills of observation, assessment, nursing diagnosis, counseling, and health teaching; nurse in charge in the setting and, if required, to the immediate Supervisor at the branch office
• Provide care according to the established care plan ensuring that, on an ongoing basis, the emotional, spiritual, physical comfort and safety of clients are met to the greatest possible extent; care must be within the scope of practice of a Licensed/Registered Practical Nurse
• Perform routine nursing duties in accordance with company policies and procedures and Standards of Nursing Practice as defined by the provincial licensing body
• Perform specialized nursing procedures for which recognized training and current competency can be demonstrated
• Participate in ongoing internal and/or external continuing education activities
• Maintains confidentiality of client and corporate information and discusses same only with appropriate Bayshore personnel

Other Skills and Abilities:

Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to handle difficult situations in an objective consistent format; ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform and prioritize multiple functions and tasks; able to stand, bend, squat, kneel and reach freely; able to freely lift 23 kilograms; able to assist clients with standing, walking, sitting and rolling in bed; able to read and interpret technical instructions related to client care; able to visually and auditorily observe and assess clients; ability to travel; evidence of current CPR certification.