Job Description
About Casey House
Casey House is unlike any other hospital. We are a specialty hospital providing ground-breaking holistic care for people living with and at risk of HIV. We offer a growing mix of inpatient, outpatient, and community-based services that meet clients where they are in their individual journeys to health and wellness. Our safe, welcoming, and judgement-free environment promotes a sense of belonging and community, where the humanity of each client is at the heart of everything we do.
To support us in this work, we are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live and serve, including 2SLGBTQ+, Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities, as well as those living with HIV. Every Casey House staff member, peer, and volunteer acts and delivers care to clients in accordance with our purpose, values, and philosophy of care. If you share our values, we would love to have you in our team!
For more information about Casey House, please visit our website.
About the Opportunity
We currently have an opportunity for two (2) Registered Nurses to join our Inpatient team on a part-time casual basis (OPSEU bargaining unit).
Hours of Work: 12 hour shifts within a 24-hour staffed hospital environment (both days and nights required). Up to 60 hours bi-weekly. This is a fully on-site position.
Develop your mental health and harm reduction skills in a small inpatient unit housed in a modern light-filled, purpose-built facility. Nurses work in partnership with physicians and an allied health team to provide values-led care for 14 patients with diverse needs. Engage in bedside nursing with a harm reduction approach to care for clinically complex medical issues, including opportunistic infections, early aging, oncologic and cardiovascular health concerns, often coupled with psychiatric and substance use challenges. Casey House is the first to offer hospital-based supervised consumption services (SCS), available right on the unit.
More specifically, your responsibilities in this role will entail, but are not restricted to:
- Developing meaningful nurse-client relationships by using a harm reduction, anti-oppressive, social justice, and trauma-informed framework
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, infection prevention, and adherence to best practices.
- Support a safe and inclusive environment, respecting diversity and promoting equity in care delivery.
- Provide comprehensive nursing care to clients with complex medical needs including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care plans.
- Collaborate daily with an interprofessional team to ensure coordinated, high-quality, evidence-informed care.
- Promote health education, adherence to treatment, and other harm reduction strategies.
- Direct client care, encompassing but not limited to palliative care, advanced wound care, post-surgical recovery, care for clients undergoing cancer care, rehabilitation, and mental health support.
- Mentors students, and new staff.
- Role model practice with Casey Houses’ values and philosophy of care.
About You
In order to qualify for this role, you will need to be actively registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) in good standing, as well as a minimum 2 years of general nursing experience.
The following qualifications will ensure your success in this role:
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
- Current member in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) without restrictions
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Clinical experience working in acute care, HIV care, or harm reduction is an asset. Experience working with marginalized communities, including people who use drugs, people experiencing homelessness, and 2SLGBTQ+, is an asset.
- Membership in RNAO, CANAC and/or ANAC is an asset.
- Ability to work effectively in an interprofessional team.
- Knowledge and application of evidence-informed practice, infection prevention and control, and medication administration standards.
- Good understanding of the principles of people-centered care.
- Excellent nursing assessment, critical thinking, clinical judgment, care planning, communication, and documentation skills in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)standards and hospital policies.
- Proficient in the use of electronic health records (Experience with EPIC is an asset)
- Strong record of reliability and attendance
- Commitment to continuous learning, quality improvement, and culturally safe care.
About the Benefits
- Full alignment to ONA wage band
- Participation in Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Pay in lieu for vacation (6%) and benefits (14%, or 10% with participation in HOOPP)
- Access to Employee and Family Assistance Plan
- Free on-site indoor parking (based on daily availability)
- Indoor-secured bicycle parking
Most importantly, you will join us with an open mind, and a compassionate and empathetic desire to make a positive difference in your community.
Casey House is committed to providing accommodation in all parts of the hiring process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.