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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Port to Port Immigration Services
Full-time
On-site
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Overview

Languages
English

Education

  • Bachelor's degree

Experience
1 to less than 7 months

On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities
Tasks

  • Administer medications
  • Apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing
  • Conduct specimen collection
  • Ensure infection control
  • Monitor nutritional intake
  • Observe and record medication’s therapeutic and side effects
  • Record medication’s therapeutic and side effects observations in patient files
  • Take vital signs
  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons
  • Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
  • Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
  • Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families
  • Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
  • Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesΒ 

  • Eligible for licensure as a practical nurse by the province/territory of work
  • CPR Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Criminal record check
  • Drug test

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Overtime required

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
Salary
$30 per hour / 40 hours per week
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