Registered Practical Nurse, Mother Baby Unit

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Job Type

Regular Full Time

3

Organizational Department

Sinai Health -> Mount Sinai Hospital -> Women's and Infants' Health, Mother Baby Program (MBP)

Employee Group

NOW - Service

Location

Mount Sinai Hospital Campus - Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 CA (Primary)

Travel Requirement

Hours (subject to change)

Must be available for all shifts (days, weekends and stat holidays)

Salary Scale

2024 NOWU RPN:

Job Description

Are you ready to join a team that delivers outstanding care to high-risk obstetric patients? Do you want to support parents and babies in reaching their potential by providing them with the best care possible? If so, this nursing specialization is for you.

As an RPN within our Mother Baby Program, you'll enhance your career by partnering with passionate and knowledgeable professionals who are committed to maternal and newborn care. You will be part of a goal that is changing lives every day.

Is this you?
Maternal and newborn care is a focus that truly engages you. You are versatile and resilient, ready to cope with changing circumstances and embrace new opportunities with enthusiasm.

Your aspiration is to enhance your nursing proficiency in this field. This encompasses refining skills in postpartum assessment, lactation support, providing emotional support to new parents, newborn care, and educating patients on postpartum recovery. This pathway is designed to enhance your capabilities in both postpartum and neonatal assessments, along with patient education, thereby improving the care experience for families in our Mother Baby unit. Through this endeavor, you aim to create a nurturing environment where families feel empowered and supported as they transition into parenthood.

You communicate effectively, fostering a supportive and collaborative environment with patients, their families, and other members of the care team. You are a confident and skilled professional, who can provide support and direction during stressful times.

About the Mother Baby Program
Our Mother Baby Program includes our High Risk Antenatal unit and our Mother Baby Unit. Nurses working on our Mother Baby unit provide care to postpartum patients and their stable neonates as well as postpartum patients with a baby in NICU.

In this role you will:

• Demonstrate the College of Nurses of Ontario Entry to Practice Competencies for Registered Practical Nurses (June 2023)
• Possess the requisite knowledge, skills, judgment and attitude to deliver competent and evidence-based nursing care
• Meet the nursing professional standards and exercises judgment for providing safe, competent and ethical nursing care
• Demonstrate accountability and responsibility for their own decisions and actions and practices within their own level of competence
• Determine the need for and initiates consultation and collaboration with intra and interdisciplinary team members including Registered Nurses in a timely and supportive manner
• Continuously gather and analyze clinical and other relevant data to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care and adjusts the plan as needed
• Work collaboratively with patients, families, caregivers and the interdisciplinary healthcare team
• Provide health education using effective teaching strategies that takes into account the patient/family's learning needs, readiness, and motivation to learn
• Contribute to discharge and transition planning and other planning activities to facilitate care continuity and coordination; advocate for care needs to be met in most appropriate setting
• Provide supervision and mentorship to nursing learners and new staff
• Utilize critical inquiry, critical thinking and research to develop evidence-informed practice and inform decision-making
• Develop expertise in their area of practice through self-reflection, self-learning, specialty certification and implementation of best practice guidelines.
• Be committed to patient safety and quality responsibilities in accordance with hospital vision, policies and procedures
• Contribute to achieving Sinai Health's strategic and operational priorities through a commitment to continuous quality improvement, patient/staff safety, professional development and continuing education
• Contribute to Sinai's work by participating actively in hospital committees and other groups to represent the RPN perspective

Mandatory

• Current certificate of registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
• A diploma or equivalent from a CNO-approved practical nursing program. Applicants in their final year or near completion will be considered
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification
• Active Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) advanced provider status; applicants not currently NRP certified may be considered – as a condition of hire, the NRP course must be successfully completed within three (3) months of hire
• Infant feeding Course & Infant feeding skills; applicants not currently enrolled in an Infant feeding program may be considered – as a condition of hire the Infant feeding course must be successfully completed within three (3) months of hire

Preferred

• Preference will be given to applicants with recent Mother Baby Program or recent related experience. Consideration may also be given to nursing graduates who have completed their practicum consolidation in the Mother Baby Program
• Completion of, or current enrollment in a perinatal certificate course (college-level) or Canadian Nurses' Associations (CNA) Perinatal Certification. Applicants with less than one (1) year of perinatal experience must commit to obtaining their perinatal certificate within 18 months from their date of hire
• Perinatal Bereavement Course. This course must be successfully completed within three (3) months of hire
• Successful completion of S.T.A.B.L.E/Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns (ACoRN) course

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent health and clinical assessment skills
• Demonstrated ability in providing quality patient-focused care and addressing the fundamental care needs of patients and their families
• Proven ability to make sound professional judgements and practice decisions and demonstrate effective time-management and organizational skills in a fast-paced work environment
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Experience using an electronic health record an asset
• Excellent oral, written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in English
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with others including patients and their families
• Computer proficiency and/or Basic to Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (e.g. Word, Outlook)
• Demonstrated satisfactory job performance and attendance history required
• Familiarity with:
  • CNO Code of Conduct and Professional Standards
  • Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991

If this sounds like you and you feel ready to build your career within the Mother Baby Program, apply via the button below and let us know why you'd be a great addition to our team.

Sinai Health is a leading academic health science centre with a provincial, national and international reputation for discovering and delivering life-changing care. Since 2015, we have provided excellent and compassionate care in hospital, community and home. Comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and our system partner Circle of Care, we translate scientific breakthroughs, push boundaries for health solutions, and educate future clinical and scientific leaders.

Sinai Health is fully committed to a culture of belonging and an inclusive environment that attracts and retains a diverse workforce, at all levels of the organization that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from racialized persons, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, and those from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know through the Accommodation Phone Line at ext. 7050, or email .

Open Date

4/18/2024

Posting Deadline

5/31/2024

All applications must be submitted by no later than 4:00pm of the posting deadline date. Employment at Sinai Health is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and demonstrating proof of immunity and vaccination status of vaccine-preventable diseases. All employees and affiliates will follow safe work practices and comply with health and safety policies, procedures and training. To ensure the safety and wellbeing of all our people and patients, Sinai Health has made it a priority to support everyone in getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Consistent with this, our Staff Immunization & Surveillance Policy was recently updated to include the requirement for full vaccination – currently defined as receiving two doses and serving a 14-day waiting period following the second dose – in order to be able to work at Sinai Health. To be compliant with our updated Policy, you must provide proof of dual COVID-19 vaccination, as indicated on the Prospective Immunization and Surveillance Policy Information Sheet, in order to be eligible for employment at Sinai Health. If you believe you are one of the very few people who may require an exemption from vaccination, supporting medical information must be submitted to our Occupational Health department, who will review and assess. Sinai Health is a scent sensitive environment, please refrain from wearing or using scented products while visiting or working at any Sinai Health site.