Registered Nurse, Mobile Response Team for Long-Term Care at Providence Care

Job Description: 

Full-time and part-time positions available in Kingston, Brockville and Belleville

Job Summary

Providence Care is designated by the South East LHIN as the lead provider for the re-design component of the region’s Behavioural Supports Ontario Project. The objective is to improve the quality of life for residents in long-term care who exhibit responsive behaviours. Providence Manor Long-Term Care Home will employ three mobile response teams, with one each based in Kingston, Brockville and Belleville. The teams will serve long-term care homes in their respective cities and counties: Frontenac, Lennox and Addington; Lanark, Leeds and Grenville; Hastings and Prince Edward.

The teams, consisting of RNs, RPNs and PSWs, will also provide back-up support to health-services providers in crisis situations and will assume direct care for people when necessary, particularly to assist during transitions in care.

Qualifications

  • Current unrestricted registration with the CNO
  • Registered Nursing Diploma; BScN (preferred) 
  • Satisfactory criminal-record and vulnerable-sector screens
  • Two years’ current experience in a Long-Term Care Home preferred 
  • Experience in the management of responsive behaviours
  • Canadian certification in Gerontology an asset
  • Current CPR/First Aid certification
  • Valid Ontario driver’s licence; satisfactory driver’s abstract (paid for by Employer)
  • Own reliable transportation 

Working Conditions

  • Primarily evening shifts; day and evening shifts on weekends; rotational on-call responsibilities on days and nights
  • Frequent driving to work locations using own vehicle (and must meet the requirements of Providence Care Centre Policy ADM-MM-7 – Personal Vehicles Usage)
  • Frequent walking, standing 
  • Frequent contact with clients exhibiting responsive behaviours
  • Potential exposure to hazards typically found in health-care environments

Job description available from Providence Manor’s HR office

File # PM-010-ONA-2011 (Kingston)

File # PM-011-ONA-2011 (Brockville)

File # PM-012-ONA-2011 (Belleville)

Vacant Position: Registered Nurse, Mobile Response Team for Long-Term Care

Employee Group: ONA

Work Location: Positions in Kingston, Brockville and Belleville

Status: Full-time and part-time positions

Rate: $31.14 - $37.92

Posting Period: Nov. 30 – open

Inquiries:

S. MacNeil
Human Resources
613-548-7222, ext. 3170

Please send résumés to: work@providencecare.ca and indicate in the subject line the file number and city.

In cover letter, indicate whether full-time, part-time or either is preferred.

We thank applicants for their interest in this position. We will contact those who are selected for an interview.