The Alternate Health Facility is 40 bed unit located off site .The AHF will care for patients who require transitional care or an alternative destination of care whose acute care needs have been met, but may require transfer to rehabilitation, long-term care, a retirement home or other post-acute care services. The AHF will not care for COVID positive patients. Patients at the AHF will be cared for by an inter professional care team of physicians, nurses and personal support workers, in conjunction with dietary, environmental services, and support from the Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner.

Equipped for acute medicine patients, the AHF site offers the same quality of care as NBRHC main site

QUALIFICATIONS

Certification/Experience/Knowledge:

• Current Certificate of Registration ~ College of Nurses of Ontario in good standing required
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers (HCP) Certificate is required (recent within the last twelve months)
• Dementia care, pharmacotherapy, falls/mobility, osteoporosis, delirium training required
• De-escalation techniques required
• Recent Medical/Surgical clinical experience in an active care setting (within the last 2-3 years) required
• Recent palliative care experience required
• Current Certificate in I.V. Therapy and Central Line Management required
• Required experience working with:
• Central Venous Lines Management (CVC)
• Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)Certification
• CADD pumps
• Enteral feeding care and management
• Tracheostomy and suctioning care
• Wound care

Skills/Abilities:

• Must demonstrate excellent level of interpersonal skills

• Must demonstrate excellent level of written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, clients, families, regional support services and community partners required

• Ability to provide health teaching to individuals and groups required

• Must be committed to continuing education on an annual basis and demonstrate commitment to quality improvement required

• Ability to effectively assume a leadership role as a collaborative member of the health team required

• Ability to assume responsibility for patient care in a total patient care climate required

• Able to meet the physical demands required to provide nursing care to all patients required

• Ability to problem-solve and function in fast-paced environment required

• Excellent demonstrated assessment, critical thinking and intervention skills required

• Must demonstrate basic computer knowledge

• Must demonstrate commitment to ensure personal safety, safety of fellow workers, patients, volunteers, and visitors

• Demonstrated ability to engage in meaningful patient activity is required

• Demonstrated ability in flexible care and patient centred approaches is required

• PIECES and Gentle Persuasive Approach (GPA) Certificate an asset

• Critical thinking, problem solving, ability to delegate, multi task is required

• Ability to support and contribute to a culture of safety and prevention of adverse health events required

• Must demonstrate good attendance and work record

• Bilingualism (Advanced level English/French) is required**.** All unilingual candidates are encouraged to apply and may be considered if the identified French requirement has been met or there are no successful bilingual candidates. A formal French test will be conducted to evaluate the proficiency level.

North Bay Regional Health Centre is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require an accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

NORTH BAY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER