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- Employment type
- Part-time
- Experience level
- Mid-level · 2+ years
- Minimum education
- Professional degree
- Apply by
- Oct 15, 2026
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
The Registered Nurse provides pre and post-operative care to adult patients within an interdisciplinary healthcare team. They also support the specialized day-to-day needs of patients on the 6th floor.
Job details
As a member of this interdisciplinary healthcare team, the Registered Nurse provides care according to the job description and standards of practice and criteria for Registered Nurses on the 6th floor. The Registered Nurse collaborates to provide pre and post-operative care to adult patients. Additionally, the Registered Nurse supports the specialized day-to-day needs of patients. 1. Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nursing of Ontario as a Registered Nurse 2. Recent experience (within the last 3 years) in acute surgical nursing, spinal cord injury care or neurotrauma nursing. 3. Current BCLS certification or equivalent. 4. Demonstrated skill and ability with ECG interpretation/intervention, VAT competency, CVAD competency, BIPAP preferred 5. CPO or SDU course through Hamilton Health Sciences preferred 6. Demonstrated ability to utilize problem solving and critical thinking techniques effectively in a general surgery/orthopedic/trauma setting. 7. Ability to prioritize and collaborate with the team with patient condition fluctuations. 8. Evidence of commitment to professional practice and ongoing professional development. 9. Demonstrate knowledge of the nursing care planning process. 10. Strong organizational and time management skills.
What you’ll do
The Registered Nurse provides pre and post-operative care to adult patients within an interdisciplinary healthcare team. They also support the specialized day-to-day needs of patients on the 6th floor.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nursing of Ontario and possess recent experience in acute surgical, spinal cord, or neurotrauma nursing. Additionally, current BCLS certification and specific clinical competencies such as ECG interpretation are required.
Listed skills
- Problem solving · Preferred
- Critical Thinking · Preferred
- Time management · Preferred
- interdisciplinary collaboration · Preferred
Other relevant skills
Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.
- Acute surgical nursing
- Spinal cord injury care
- Neurotrauma nursing
- ECG interpretation
- VAT competency
- CVAD competency
- BIPAP
- Nursing care planning
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Time management
- Organizational skills
- Patient assessment
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Postoperative Care
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Neurotrauma
- Orthopedics
- Planning
- Electrocardiography
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP/BiPAP)
- Critical Thinking
- General Surgery
- Health Sciences
- Problem Solving
- Nursing Care
- Nursing
- Perioperative Nursing
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Time Management
- Trauma Care
- Prioritization
Job areas
- Healthcare
- Registered Nurse
- Registered Nurse (General)
- Nursing Professionals
- Registered Nurses
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