Relief Registered Nurse, Extended Care and Long-Term Care

Relief Registered Nurse, Extended Care and Long-Term Care

Department: Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority

This job opening is limited to residents living within 25 kilometres of Yellowknife.

Department Information

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) offers challenging and exciting careers in health and social services delivery and administration in Canada’s North. The Territorial Authority has service locations in communities across the territory and a staff of more than 1,600 serving over 43,000 residents of the NWT and 5,900 residents of the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut.

Job Information

As the Relief Registered Nurse, Extended Care and Long Term Care (RN), you will provide nursing care to residents of extended care and long term care houses within the Yellowknife Region, in accordance with established standards of nursing practice and the philosophy and objectives of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) to ensure that the residents' physical, emotional, psycho-social, spiritual and daily living needs are met.

You are accountable for the overall nursing care of all residents within the house and you will work on a rotational 12-hour shift schedule. One RN is scheduled to work on each house per shift (in conjunction with an LPN and/or Nursing Aide), therefore you will be required to act within the full scope of an RN and must exercise critical thinking and sound decision-making skills. Limited support from physicians is available. You will be responsible for triaging residents who need to see the physician during their weekly visit and making the decision on whether phoning a physician outside their visit is necessary.

Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:
A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing; experience in a Long-Term Care facility would be considered an asset.