• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 30 to 44 hours per week
• Education: College/CEGEP
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work setting

• Willing to relocate
• Home care and visiting care agency

Tasks

• Administer medications
• Apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing
• Conduct specimen collection
• Ensure infection control
• Monitor nutritional intake
• Observe and record medication's therapeutic and side effects
• Record medication's therapeutic and side effects observations in patient files
• Take vital signs
• Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
• Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
• Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families
• Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
• Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Eligible for licensure as a practical nurse by the province/territory of work
• Completion of the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate

Security and safety

• Driver's validity licence check
• Eligible for professional liability insurance
• Tuberculosis test
• Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation
• Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Large caseload

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
• Do you have experience working in this field?
• Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
• Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening
• Morning
• Night
• On call

Employment terms options

• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime available

Workplace information

• On the road job

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Mileage paid
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Other benefits
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available
• Travel insurance
• Wellness program