Registered Nurse - Surgical Trauma

Job summary

The Registered Nurse coordinates and evaluates patient care within a multidisciplinary team in a surgical trauma setting. They provide nursing care according to established standards of practice while working in both ward and step-down unit environments.

Job details

Our 6 South nurses are set up for success and go through a comprehensive onsite orientation program, led by experienced health care professionals and educators. As a member of the multidiscipline healthcare team, the Registered Nurse coordinates and evaluates patient care and provides nursing care according to the standards of practice for Registered Nurses. All Registered Nurses on 6 South practice in both the ward and step down unit setting. In partnership with the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department at HGH, 6 South provides opportunities to grow your skills and expertise and prides itself on a fast, friendly and welcoming environment with an emphasis on the wellbeing and mentorship of our nurses. Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nursing of Ontario as a Registered Nurse Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification Step down course, ECG monitoring education and experience recommended Recent (within the last two years) acute surgical nursing experience Demonstrated knowledge of the Nursing Care Planning process Demonstrated ability to utilize problem solving and critical thinking techniques effectively in a general surgery/orthopedic/trauma setting Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, high turnover environment Demonstrates strong interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills Demonstrates critical thinking and decision making in assessment, problem identification and problem solving Evidence of commitment to professional practice and ongoing professional development

What you’ll do

The Registered Nurse coordinates and evaluates patient care within a multidisciplinary team in a surgical trauma setting. They provide nursing care according to established standards of practice while working in both ward and step-down unit environments.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nursing of Ontario and Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification. Recent acute surgical nursing experience and demonstrated critical thinking skills are required for this role.

Benefits

• Mentorship
• Professional development

Listed skills

• Critical Thinking · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• interpersonal skills · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Teamwork · Preferred
• assessment · Preferred
• Decision Making · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Nursing care
• Patient care coordination
• Surgical nursing
• Orthopedic nursing
• Trauma nursing
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• ECG monitoring
• Cardiac life support
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Assessment
• Decision making
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Progressive Care Unit
• Orthopedics
• Planning
• Electrocardiography
• Basic Cardiac Life Support
• Decision Making
• Critical Thinking
• Intensive Care Unit
• Emergency Departments
• General Surgery
• Interpersonal Communications
• Problem Solving
• Mentorship
• Nursing Care
• Nursing
• Perioperative Nursing
• Trauma Care

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Surgical Registered Nurse
• Intensive Care Registered Nurse
• Nursing Professionals
• Critical Care Nurses
• Registered Nurses

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