Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance
The Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance was formed on July 1, 2003 as a partnership between Listowel Memorial Hospital and Wingham and District Hospital. We share a common management structure with one CEO. We have a commitment to partnership and common Mission, Vision and Values. The Alliance Board consists of both hospital boards combined. We look for opportunities to create and share services and programs across our two communities and to look for creative ways to link to our community partners.
The Listowel Memorial Hospital has been providing acute care and complex continuing care services to the residents of North Perth and the hospital’s catchment area since 1919. Our fully accredited hospital offers a wide range of primary and secondary services including 24-hour emergency services. In-patient and out-patient care, specialist clinics and supportive diagnostic services. The Hospital has an active staff of 10 Family Practitioners as well as several consultant staff.
Hospital services include:
- Emergency, Operating Rooms, Diagnostic and Ambulatory Care Units (December 2007)
- Maternal/Newborn Unit
- Diabetes/Nutrition Counseling
- Speech-Language
- Physiotherapy
- Breast Health Centre
- Fully integrated electronic patient health record with Family Health Team and Physician offices.
The Wingham and District Hospital is a modern, progressive acute care facility providing medical, surgical, obstetrical, paediatric, chronic and rehabilitation bed and other services, including 24-hour emergency coverage.
Hospital services include:
- Emergency department with 24-hour on-call coverage
- Rehabilitation department including physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology
- Multiple outpatient specialist clinics held on a regular basis to provide local service
- Affiliation with London Regional Cancer Centre enabling chemotherapy treatment to be provided locally
- Many community health related education programs
- Fully integrated electronic patient health record with Family Health Team and Physician offices.
Position: Registered Practical Nurse, Operating Room
Region: Huron and Perth
Description: The RPN will participate in preoperative, operative and postoperative activities of the surgical client.
These include the scrub nurse role, PACU, assisting with ambulatory care clinics, documenting client care
and providing support to clients and their families.
This is a casual position that is available as soon as possible. The successful candidate will have the ability to work all shifts, including weekends and holidays.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to organize, problem solve, critical thinking and decision making.
- Demonstrated application of role in Code situation (ex. Code Blue).
- Communicates with patients, families, physicians, staff and community partners.
- Observing and recording patient behavior. Evaluates patient outcomes.
- Competent operation of medical equipment.
- Performing diagnostic tests within scope of practice.
- Safely Administering medications and treatments.
Qualifications:
- Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
- Diploma from a recognized College
- BCLS
- Basic Arrhythmia Course
- 12 Lead ECG Course
- Operating Room Nurse Certification required
- PACU Course preferred
- Two years related nursing experience working in Day Surgery, PACU, and / or the OR preferred
- Working knowledge of Cerner software computer applications information system and related peripheral hardware preferred
- High degree of physical effort
- High degree of mental effort and analysis
Salary: $35.31 - $37.05 per hour
Terms of Employment: Casual
Deadline for Application: Saturday, August 31, 2024
How to Apply:
Interested applicants are asked to apply, in writing, complete with full resume, indicating their qualifications and pertinent skills by email to:
Your submission must be received by 1pm on the deadline date. Please reference position posting #W24-27 with your submission.
The Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
For further information please visit our website at www.lwha.ca.
Location: Wingham
Profession Type: Nurses (NP, RN and RPN)
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