Job Description

Requisition ID: 340621

Position Number: 20060066

Posting End Date: July 12, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: Victoria General Hospital

Work Location: Victoria General Hospital

Department / Unit: OR - VGH

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MNU-WCHREO

Anticipated Start Date: 07/31/2023

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $40.726, $42.098, $43.534, $44.932, $46.230, $47.646, $49.109, $50.091

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We\'re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

Under the general supervision of the Manager of Patient Care, and while demonstrating a commitment to the Mission, Vision, and Culture of the Victoria General Hospital, the Clinical Resource Nurse is responsible for maintaining and improving the quality of patient care by: providing expert nursing care, teaching patient care staff; advancing nursing practice and performing other related duties as assigned.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years\' current operating room nursing experience required.
• Demonstrated clinical competence.
• Leadership experience required.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Bachelor of Nursing Degree preferred.
• Post graduate perioperative nursing course required.
• CNA Perioperative Nursing Certification preferred.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• CRNM registration is required.
• Active participation in professional associations e.g. Manitoba Operating Room Nurses Association (MORNA).

Current BCLS required.

Qualifications and Skills

• Knowledge of:

• College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba Standards of Practice for Registered Nurses
• Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses
• Regional/Facility/Unit policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines.
• Nursing care knowledge related to clinical area.
• Personal Health Information Act (PHIA), Protection of Persons in Care Act, Mental Health Act, Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS), Principles of Routine Practices (Universal Precautions) and other legislated acts.
• Roles and responsibilities of members of the healthcare team.
• Principles of delegation.
• Demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize care for an individual patient or group of patients.
• Ability to delegate care appropriately and monitor outcomes of delegated care.
• Ability to respond to a variety of simultaneous demands.
• Ability to recognize and pursue self-development opportunities.
• Ability to perform independently and as a member of the healthcare team.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing situations.
• Ability to maintain concentration with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to function in a demanding and stressful environment.
• Demonstrated effective organizational, interpersonal, critical thinking/problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to implement change.
• Proficient with computers, software programs, and applications such as Windows, Word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• The ability to complete the job on a regular basis.
• Demonstrated teaching ability required.

Physical Requirements

• Good physical and mental health.
• Moderate to heavy physical effort required.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority