Registered Nurse - Nursing Resource Team

NRT staff are valued members of HHS and respond to needs based on patient acuity, replacement for sick time, vacation, and known vacancies. As a NRT Nurse, you receive exposure to a wide range of patient populations including medical/surgical, pediatrics and women’s health, perioperative, and critical care. All new NRT nurses are set up for success and go through a comprehensive onsite orientation program, led by experienced health care professionals and educators. NRT provides opportunities to grow your skills and expertise and prides itself on growing and mentoring our nurses.

• Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support certification
• Recent clinical nursing experience in acute medical/surgical (within the last 5 years) preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current nursing assessment and management of patients, including the nursing care plan
• Demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary care and a nursing professional practice model
• Demonstrated ability to utilize problem-solving and critical-thinking techniques
• Demonstrated interpersonal, communication, teamwork and conflict management skills
• Ability to set priorities and organize work in response to patient care needs
• Ability and willingness to regularly work in varying hospitals sites and departments
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt positively to constantly changing clinical environments, patient populations and situations
• Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement initiatives, continuous learning and professional development

Candidates interested in Critical Care (in addition to the qualifications above)

• Critical Care Certificate preferred
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support certifications preferred
• Recent experience in ECG interpretations, pressure monitoring, airway management and mechanical ventilators preferred

Candidates interested in Emergency (in addition to the qualifications above)

• Certification for Emergency Nursing preferred
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification preferred
• Trauma Nursing Core Competency (TNCC) course completion preferred
• Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) completion preferred

Candidates interested in Pediatrics (in addition to the qualifications above)

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification preferred
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification preferred
• Enrollment or Certificate in Neonatal/Perinatal nursing or equivalent preferred
• Breastfeeding Certificate Course completion preferred