licensed practical nurse (L.P.N.)

Additional Information

• Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work setting

• Willing to relocate
• Hospital/medical facility or clinic
• Chronic or long-term care facilities/centres
• Public or community health centre

Tasks

• Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
• Take vital signs, apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensure infection control, monitore nutritional intake and conduct specimen collection
• 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

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Overtime required

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Workplace information

• On the road job
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English or French
• Hours: 30 to 60 hours per week