CHEO
Registered Practical Nurse, Respirology, Ambulatory Care – Temporary Part-Time (0.6) (until August 2028)
Ottawa, ON · Part-time
Sponsorship not specified$30k-$37kDetected 7 days ago
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About the role
- In keeping with the Mission Statement of the hospital and the nursing department, the Registered Nurse Practical is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for individual patients and families.
- Availability to work days, evening and weekends will be an expectation of the position.
- This position will work in an integrated, multidisciplinary team supporting children, youth and families access and navigate between services.
Responsibilities
- Provide emotional support to patients and families.
- Maintain documentation according to CHEO policies and procedures.
- Maintain equipment and report any malfunctions.
- The nurse will be familiar with specialized services within Ambulatory Care, CHEO and the community to support each unique child, youth and family.
- The nurse will have a special focus on providing support to children and youth with respiratory diseases, in particular, asthma.
Requirements
- Demonstrates knowledge of principles of safe medication administration and reconciliation and the ability to practice this in a clinical setting (Essential)
- Demonstrates the ability to participate in patient teaching (Essential)
- Demonstrates an understanding of aseptic technique and an ability to apply this knowledge in a clinical setting (Essential)
- Monitor the patient pre and post procedures as required.
- Assist with managing work queues and triaging new referrals for urgency, as required
- Obtain required information and respond to or redirect inquiries as required.
- Provide instructions (written or oral) to patients and families as required.
- The nurse assigned to this position is required to function independently and in conjunction with the physicians and the multidisciplinary team in the clinic in order to ensure that the clinic runs efficiently.
- Assist the team with procedures. Monitor the patient pre and post procedures as required.
- Receive calls and virtual (email/in-basket) communications from parents. Obtain required information and respond to or redirect inquiries as required.
- Vulnerable Sector Check (Essential)
- Current registration with the College of Nurses in Ontario (Essential)
- Current BCLS (Essential)
- Medication administration course (Essential)
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills (Essential)
- Demonstrates the ability to participate as an active member of the health-care team (Essential)
- Demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively in an oral and a written format with patients, public, colleagues and other health disciplines (Essential)
- Demonstrates an understanding and a willingness to participate in self-evaluation (Essential)
- Demonstrates a commitment to continuous Quality Improvement (Essential)
- Demonstrates the ability to maintain clinic throughput by performing nursing functions such as rooming patients, nursing assessment and documentation (Essential)
Compensation
- Every year CHEO helps more than 500,000 children and youth from Eastern Ontario, western Quebec, Nunavut and Northern Ontario.
Benefits
- Within its own walls and through partnerships with community providers, CHEO has transformed from a 20th century acute care hospital into a 21st century integrated child and youth health system.
- CHEO's Research Institute is dedicated to world-class clinical, translational, and basic science research covering a wide range of children's health concerns.
- CHEO has been named Canada's best health-care employer by Forbes in 2024 and 2025 and is ranked second among Canadian hospitals on its list of Canada's Best Employers for multiple consecutive years.
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