Registered Practical Nurse - NRT FT 2026-6781
$79,789–$79,789 year
On-siteCambridge, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Conduct patient care across medical and surgical units, floating assignments based on care demands to maintain a safe environment. Manage complex pain, symptoms, and post-operative patients including epidural monitoring, while providing vascular therapy for peripheral and central access devices. Deliver trauma-informed care with emotional intelligence to support diverse backgrounds and navigate high-stress situations with professionalism. This full-time position involves a 12-hour rotation across days, nights, and weekends, with assignments determined by organizational needs. You will participate in annual professional education and mandatory organizational training within the nursing resource team.
Required Qualifications
- Diploma in Nursing
- Current registration & in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Current BCLS certificate
- Current Basic Cardiac Arrhythmia Interpretation certificate
- Crisis Intervention Training required or obtained within 3 months of hire
- Minimum two years' current experience in medicine and/or surgery units within a hospital setting
- Knowledge, recent experience, and competence in vascular therapy (including peripheral and central vascular access devices)
- Excellent physical assessment skills
- Oncologic and palliative nursing experience
- Knowledge, experience and competence in managing complex pain and symptoms related to disease processes and palliation
- Knowledge, recent experience, and competence in managing post-operative patients including epidural monitoring
- Participates in annual professional education and mandatory organizational education
- Strong critical thinking and crisis intervention abilities
- Demonstrated reliability in attending work regularly
- Demonstrated evidence of ongoing professional education required in related clinical area
- Flexibility regarding assignment locations, willingness to be reassigned across all areas of the hospital as needed (may include reassignment to one or more units throughout a shift) based on organizational and patient needs
- Commitment to multidisciplinary, team-centered patient care environments
- Keyboarding skills and proficiency with Meditech, Omni Cell software and Cerner Health Information System
- All required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada
- Applicable criminal record check
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge, recent experience, and competence in managing complex pain and symptoms related to disease processes and palliation required
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