Posted Date:

4/26/2023

Closing Date:

5/3/2023

Functional Discipline:

Complex Care

Job Posting #:203990
Position Available:Clinical Extern
Status: Casual/Relief (Temporary)
Department: Transitional Care
Union: Non Union
Shifts:Days, Evening, Nights, Weekends, Extended Tours
Hourly Rate: $20.60/hr

Internal employees must apply by midnight on May 3, 2023

ABOUT JOSEPH BRANT HOSPITAL:

Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) is a full-service community teaching hospital located in the growing and thriving community of Burlington, Ontario, serving more than 185,000 residents in Halton, Hamilton, Waterdown, Flamborough, Milton and Stoney Creek. JBH is honoured to be recognized as one of Hamilton Niagara's Top Employers for eight (8) consecutive years, with a skilled staff of 194 physicians, 1,911 full- and part-time staff and more than 700 volunteers.

JBH is a Clinical Education site in conjunction with McMaster University, and designated as an Academic Community Teaching Hospital. Its expanded campus includes the state-of-the-art Michael Lee-Chin & Family Patient Tower, featuring a new Emergency Department, 172 acute inpatient beds, 9 new Operating Rooms and post-anaesthetic care unit to support expanded medical, surgical and outpatient services. JBH is also a partner member of the Burlington Ontario Health Team (OHT).

JBH inspires and empowers a culture of caring and this is demonstrated in many ways including our commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of our people. For more information, visit www.josephbranthospital.ca.



POSITION SUMMARY:

This is an exciting opportunity for passionate, self-directed nursing, paramedic, and medical students to join our interprofessional team as a Clinical Extern. As a member of the health care team, the Clinical Extern opportunity will give you hands-on patient care experience, insight into the bedside care environment and further exposure to Joseph Brant Hospital. All positions are temporary. The Clinical Extern supports care needs within the Transitional Care. The Clinical Extern will work in the capacity as an unregulated health care provider. They work in collaboration with the units' interprofessional team under direct and/or indirect supervision of a registered nursing professional.

REPSONSIBILITIES:

• Practice as part of the interprofessional team
• Assist with basic patient care/clinical tasks under the supervision of registered nursing professionals (bathing/hygiene, personal care; turning and repositioning; transfers using lifts and other transfer devices; basic skin care; setting up patients for meals and assisting where necessary; purposeful rounding, answering call bells)
• Contribute to Transfer of Accountability (TOA) nurse to nurse shift report under the assignment and direct supervision of the RN or RPN
• Provide care tasks including but not limited to: vital signs, physical assessment, priming and setting up IV tubing, charting, and non-urgent patient transfers when deemed appropriate by registered nurse professionals
• All responsibilities, assigned and supervised by a Registered nursing professionals
• Communicating & collaborating with the interprofessional team
• Documentation related to the patient care they provide
• Reporting changes in patient status to the most responsible nurse for best patient care

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Student enrolled in Practical Nursing, baccalaureate nursing, paramedic or medical education program (year 2 or above)
• Familiarity with computer applications or willingness to learn computer skills as required
• Effective communication (verbal and written), interpersonal, teamwork skills within an interdisciplinary health care team
• Excellent problem solving, conflict management and communication skills
• Ability to perform verbal de-escalation strategies with patients and families
• Demonstrated initiative and judgment appropriate for the position
• Ability to accept assignment or delegated functions
• Ability to set priorities and organize work accordingly
• Ability to deal with various hospital departments effectively and collaboratively
• Ability to lift using appropriate techniques and bend, push and pull using good body mechanics
• A good attendance and work record is essential

PLEASE NOTE: Assignment subject to change based on the needs of the department.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity please visit the JBH Careers page to apply to posting #203990. We ask that you please include the posting number in the subject line of any email correspondence. No phone calls please. We thank all applicants and only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Joseph Brant Hospital prioritizes the health and wellbeing of our patients, employees, credentialed staff, volunteers and learners. As a condition of employment, all successful candidates are required to provide proof of two COVID-19 vaccines authorized by Health Canada within 24-48 hours of receiving an offer of employment, or proof of a documented exemption pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Any information obtained during the recruitment process will be used for employment recruitment only, and not for any other purpose.

At Joseph Brant Hospital, we are committed to diversity and inclusion as we continue and expand our efforts to become a more inclusive, safe and respectful place for everyone to visit, work and receive care. HR will accommodate any needs under the Ontario Human Right Code (OHRC) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Recruitment processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested.

Should you require accommodation through the application and/or recruitment process, please contact HR for assistance at careers@josephbranthospital.ca or at Ext. 4129 to allow opportunity for appropriate accommodations to be made.