Registered Nurse-Wound Care

Hamilton, ON, Canada

Full Time

Visiting Nursing

Experienced

REGISTERED NURSE – Wound Care Specialist

Number of Openings:	1	Division:	Nursing
Full/Part Time/Casual:	Full Time	Program:	Visiting Nursing
Regular/Temporary:	Regular	Location:	Hamilton
Union:	ONA	Hours of Work:	Days shift (8am-4pm) approx. 75 hours bi-weekly Weekend rotation 1/3
Wages:	ONA Union Wage Grid $30.48-$45.12	French Language Skill Requirement:	N/A
This posting is for a current vacancy.

POSITION SUMMARY:

St. Joseph’s Home Care (SJHC) is dedicated to providing quality, compassionate, and client centred care to individuals in their homes and/or alternative settings through visiting, shift or the Integrated Comprehensive Care programs. Registered Nurses enhance the life of their clients by providing a broad range of care needs within the framework of SJHC’s policies and procedures and the standards of practice prescribed by the College of Nurses of Ontario. Through their work, Registered Nurses contribute to the healing and independence of their clients and promote the continual improvement of the overall health of the community.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Utilizes the nursing process effectively, in order to provide high quality Wound and Ostomy Care for clients and/or caregivers.
Collaborates with the interdisciplinary health team to provide cost effective, high quality Wound Care, using Best Practices.
Applies current knowledge and research of Wound Care Protocol to practice.
Creates, in consultation with the physician, CCAC Case Manager, collaborate with ICCP coordinators and Primary Nurse, a plan of care for patients requiring wound care in the community.
Initiates plan of nursing care in consultation with the client and/or caregiver and modifies plan of care on an ongoing basis.
Promotes the independence of clients and caregivers considering their needs, strengths and weaknesses.
Utilizes available resources, facilitates clients/caregivers problem solving, participation in decision making, and access to appropriate resources.
Participate in the evaluation and refinement of the Wound Care Protocol and overall program.
Involved in Education of other members of the SJHC team on the protocol and usage of products, providing guidance to best treatment choices
Maintain regular communication with supervisor to include review of problems or unique issues and exchange feedback
Participates in Bi-Weekly nursing case rounds

CORE COMPENTENCIES

Regularly demonstrates our mission, vision and values:
1. Support compassionate care, faith and diversity
2. Deliver quality care, pursue and share knowledge, respect diversity, remain faithful
3. Commit to working everyday with dignity, respect, service, justice, responsibility and enquiry
Ability to work collaboratively with others; sharing expertise and drawing on the expertise of others
Actively promotes a healthy, supportive and inclusive work environment
Proactively contributes to initiatives, supporting and encouraging positive change
Ability to engage in effective problem solving, possess logic and analytical thinking
Skilled at thinking about creative solutions to complex problems
Solid team based approach to every day work activities
Superior communication skills both verbal and written, with an excellent customer service mind set
Positive and professional, with a “can do” attitude
Willingness to regularly go the extra mile and actively support co-workers
Ability to demonstrate leadership and mentoring skills, to motivate and help others grow
Strong knowledge of quality outcomes and streaming processes in order to find efficiencies
Superior organizational and planning skills
Proven ability to be detailed oriented
Maintaining on-going compliance to corporate policies and procedures, health and safety regulations, and relevant external standards
Participating fully in both internal and external training requirements
Participating fully in corporate quality initiatives
Maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of all personal health records (including both client and personal), and following all the privacy and confidentiality requirements of any and all electronic medical record systems used (including but not limited to Procura and HPG

KEY EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor of Science Degree from an accredited university, required
Current and unrestricted Registered Nurse licence, required
Member in good standing with Ontario College of Nurses, required
A current Ontario driver’s license in good standing, required
Proven ability in utilizing MS office software including excel spreadsheets, required
Knowledge of community supports, Home Care community, Acute and LTC , required
Familiar with Procura software, preferred
Certification as a wound care nurse, or equivalent courses; IIWCC course recommended
Minimum of one (1) year recent experience in home care preferred
Demonstrated excellence in direct client care
Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills

St. Joseph’s Home Care is an equal opportunity employer, committed to equity, inclusiveness, and diversity across all our programs, practices, facilities, and team. AI is not used in our recruitment processes for the selection of candidates.
If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, such as alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms, please inform the hiring manager before your interview. Should you wish to conduct your interview in French, kindly contact our head office to arrange this in advance.

*refer to the collective agreement for hours of work and weekend rotation

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