Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Middlechurch Home
Requisition ID: 365133
Position Number: 20077385
Posting End Date: August 26, 2024
City: West St. Paul
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site: Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg
Department / Unit: MC B1
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MNU
Anticipated Start Date: 09/13/2024
FTE: 0.40
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
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Position Overview
Provides nursing services for residents, including those with complex and unpredictable health needs. Is a member of an interdisciplinary resident care team and works with residents, families, medical professionals, and support staff to adhere to the mission of MCH for quality resident care. Demonstrates a commitment to the vision, values, goals, and objectives of the home. Utilizes a continual process of assessment and evaluation skills, providing restorative, rehabilitative, and personal nursing care on a resident care unit. May be responsible for directing other nurses, students, health care aides, and other support staff in the performance of resident care.
Experience
- Three (3) years current clinical experience in gerontology preferred.
- Combination of education and experience will be considered including recent student practicum.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Graduate of an approved nursing educational program.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Current registration with College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Manitoba (CLPNM).
Qualifications and Skills
- Ability to prioritize care for an individual resident to a group of residents.
- Ability to delegate care appropriately and monitor outcomes of delegated care.
- Ability to respond to a variety of simultaneous demands.
- Ability to recognize and pursue self-development opportunities.
- Ability to perform independently and as a member of the health care team.
- Ability to adapt to changing situations.
- Ability to maintain concentration with frequent interruptions.
- Ability to function in a demanding and stressful environment.
- Critical thinking/problem-solving skills.
- Working knowledge of MDS.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate in English; both orally and in writing.
Physical Requirements
- Must be flexible.
- Must be self-directed and have the ability to work in a rapidly changing internal and external environment.
- May be required to work extended hours.
- May encounter aggressive and/or agitated individuals.
- Involves physical activities such as standing, transferring, and transporting residents and equipment.
- May encounter exposure to disease, radiation, toxic material, noise, allergens, blood, feces, body fluids, etc.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check, and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
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