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Brightwater Senior Living of Capital Crossing, a beautifully designed and meticulously managed Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care senior living community, is seeking a Part-Time Licensed Practical Nurse with experience in senior care for Day Shifts (6:00 AM-2:30 PM), and a Part-Time Licensed Practical Nurse for Evening Shifts (2:00PM-10:30PM).
Position Summary:
The Charge Nurse is expected to administer or assist residents to self-administer medications and treatments, measure vital signs and weight, and perform other health services tasks; communicate with physicians, implement physician orders, and report and document pertinent information; adhere to home health, hospice, and emergency protocols; act as community supervisor when management staff is not present; and supervise Resident Assistants to assure daily completion of their duties.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Licensure by the appropriate province or territory of work
- Eligible for licensure as a practical nurse by the province/territory of work
- Completion of the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination
Additional Skills
- Monitor patients' progress and report any changes
Work Setting
- Home for the aged
Area Of Specialization
- Geriatrics
Registered Nursing Assistant Specific Skills
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Distribute medication to patients
- Bathe and dress patients
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)