Shift Nursing RPN (overnights)

Overnight Shifts (Palliative care)

• Why work for Acclaim Health?
• You will be working for an organization that has provided quality care to the community for 85+ years.
• Acclaim Health provides a wide variety of services to support the community, including Community Support Services, Alzheimer Services, Home and Personal Support Services and Palliative Care Services.
• Acclaim Health is a patient and family centered work environment that allows for flexibility in work schedules to ensure work/life balance.
• At Acclaim Health, we promote and support employees with a strong emphasis on the values of Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Innovation and Excellence.

Acclaim Health announces the availability of Casual Shift RPN (Registered Practical Nurse) positions to work shifts ranging from 3 to12 hour in duration in Mississauga and Halton. These positions require the individuals to work a minimum of two shifts a week, as well as 1:4 weekends in addition to a statutory holiday rotation.

Primary functions

• Provide shift nursing care to individuals in a community setting.
• Meets the health needs of the patient/family through the provision of nursing care.
• Develops, implements, evaluates, and modifies the plan of care outlining the strategies, orders and actions to achieve expected/desired outcomes.
• Assesses the health status of the client using a holistic care approach
• Provides palliative care through end of life
• Provides nursing interventions to the full scope of practice
• Administers IV therapy including central line and peripheral line maintenance.
• Administers medications topically through natural body orifices, through tubes and by injections.
• Provides wound care, acute and chronic, for certain types and stages of wounds.
• Attends team meetings as required.

Position requirements

• Current registration with the CNO
• Palliative Care education including Fundamentals of Palliative Care, Pain and Symptom Management and CAPCE is an asset
• 1 – 2 years of experience in providing palliative care