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Nurse's position available to care for high needs children and youth in a home like environment. The position available is currently night positions and is 12 hour shifts in a four week rotation.
Major Responsibilities and Key Activities
*Provide medical care within the full scope of practice as is outlined for Licensed Practical Nurses
*Offer direct nursing care for medically fragile children
*Offer direct nursing care for complex medical, nursing and intervention therapies due to disabilities and/or chronic diseases
*Provide a holistic approach of health and healing along with nursing care for medically fragile children.
*Assist in physical assessments of children
*Administer medications; gastric tube feeds
*Monitor and administer tracheotomy care
*Monitor and manage oxygen saturation and ventilator equipment
*Develop and manage nursing care plans for medically fragile children
*Advocate on behalf of the health care needs of medically fragile children
Qualifications, Skills & Abilities:
Completion of Diploma in Nursing.
Related training in the area of children with special needs.
Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with a variety of behavioral and physical disorders, as well as children with diverse needs.
Only people within Canada will be considered for the position
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
- Food Safe Certificate
Early Childhood Education Skills
- Provide supervision and guidance of daily activities, field trips and special activities
- Prepare progress reports and discuss with parents and other staff members
- Assess the developmental level of children
Additional Skills
- Order supplies and equipment
- Assist in housekeeping duties
- Assist in maintaining records of children
Early Childhood Educator Assistant Skills
- Prepare and serve snacks
- Observe children and report on observations to supervisor
- Guide children in development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
- Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
- Bathe, diaper and feed infants and toddlers
Experience With Children Who Have Special Needs
- Children who are blind or visually impaired
- Children who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Children with a mental health disability
- Children with a physical disability
- Children with an intellectual disability
- Children with behavioural issues
Work Setting
- Private home
Ability to Supervise
- 5-10 people
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
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