Sarnia jobs in senior homes and assisted living facilities

Job Summary:

Registered Nurses will provide professional nursing consultation services on a wide variety of nursing issues related to the care of older adult clients. You will promote programs to meet community needs, and provide exceptional nursing care to clients and caregivers in the community by applying VON Branch philosophy, policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Provide and manage high quality and appropriate nursing care to all individuals and/or families in the community who are assigned to their care
• Responsible to teach and delegate tasks and functions to different levels of workers and to family members and others in accordance with the standards and scope of practice as determined by VON and the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Comply with all standards, policies, procedures and legislative requirements
• Participate as a member of the health care team in relevant committees and working groups

Responsibilities:

• Consults with the patient to obtain information about their health, associated history, previous health interventions and outcomes
• Collects assessment information relevant to client’s needs and physiotherapy practice
• Analyzes assessment findings to establish a physiotherapy diagnosis and prognosis
• Develops and recommends a plan of care with the patient/family and health care team.
• Directs the physiotherapist assistant to implement the patient’s care plan
• Ongoing, in collaboration with the physiotherapist assistant monitors patient outcomes and progression towards therapy goals
• Modifies the patient’s care plan as required based on patient outcomes
• Documents patient outcomes and current care plan in the electronic patient chart for the interdisciplinary team
• Communicates with interdisciplinary team as required regarding patient outcomes and status changes (for example most responsible physician).