Registered Practical Nurse - 4BD

**Position Details** **Job Number:** JR02749 **Department:** GIM Clinical Teaching Unit 4 Bishop Dowling **This position may be scheduled at any of the following sites:** Charlton Campus (Hamilton Downtown) **Job Type:** Regular, Part time **Contract Duration: (If applicable)** 0 months **Number of Positions:** 1 **Union:** CUPE Local 786 **Hourly Rate (Min / Max):** $36.63 - $39.8 **Schedule** **Work Days:** Monday to Sunday **Time of Day:** Days, Nights **Shift:** Hours -12 **Shift Start: (If applicable)** AM 07:00, PM 19:00 **Reason for Posting:** Posting is for a role with an existing vacancy **Application Dates** **Opening Date:** 2026-11-05 **Closing Date:** 2026-11-12 **Job Description** **Unit Profile:** The General Internal Medicine Program is comprised of multiple highly-rated Clinical Teaching Units (CTUs) focusing on acute medical care and geriatric assessment. The Program provides primary secondary and tertiary care to a diverse patient mix embracing all age categories socioeconomic backgrounds ethnicities and education levels. The patient population served by the General Internal Medicine interdisciplinary team includes patients with undifferentiated medical illnesses multiple co-morbidities requiring expertise outside the scope of a single primary care physician specialist or sub-specialist that can be acute or chronic in nature. Our skilled and dedicated interdisciplinary health professional team work collaboratively to provide high quality safe ethical and effective care to the patients and families we serve. **Position Summary:** The Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) provides nursing care for clients to promote health and assess need for provision of care and treatment of health conditions by supportive preventive therapeutic palliative and rehabilitation means in order to attain or maintain optimal function. The RPN role models professional values beliefs and attributes and practices in accordance with the SJHH mission and values policies and procedures and College of Nurses Standards and Guidelines. A high level of collaboration between RPN and RN is required to ensure safe and effective care. The RPN provides care for less complex clients whose outcomes are more predictable and risk for negative outcomes is low. The RPN is accountable to recognize changes in acuity and/or complexity in client needs and consulting with a Registered Nurse (RN) in determining next steps in provision of care. **Qualifications:** * Current registration with the College of Nurse of Ontario required. * Education in one of the below categories is required: a) Practical Nursing Diploma from an accredited Community College program with evidence of IV medication administration as part of the basic educational curriculum. b) Practical Nursing Diploma from an accredited Community College program and IV medication administration certificate from an accredited Community College program if not