Registered Nurse (RN)
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton · Hamilton, Ontario, CA
UNIT PROFILE Complex Care provides compassionate specialized care and inpatient services for patients and families who are dealing with a “life-altering” com...
Job description
UNIT PROFILE: Complex Care provides compassionate specialized care and inpatient services for patients and families who are dealing with a “life-altering” complex condition resultant from injury or disease marked by impairments in either or both mental and physical function. The level of support that patients need ranges from significant to total. It may include ventilation, special feeding systems, tracheotomy care, and special pain management. Our interdisciplinary team of professionals work collaboratively to support our patients’ goals for transitional care and/or meet their needs for continuing care. Complex Care is a part of the health services continuum designed to provide medical management, skilled nursing and a range of interdisciplinary, diagnostic, therapeutic and technological services to achieve patient identified goals and optimize wellness and quality of life of individuals who have a chronic complex condition. Complex Care provides transitional care to support individuals needs in anticipation of a return to a community setting (ie. home or other residential living), or to receive palliative and end of life care. POSITION SUMMARY: The Registered Nurse, under the St...