Registered Nurse - Apotex

**Baycrest Long\-Term Care** has an exciting opportunity for a **REGISTERED NURSE** **Apotex 2 \& 3** **Posting Number:** 9852 **Position Type:** Permanent Part\-time **Shift Type:** Day, alternate weekends (subject to change) **Bi\-Weekly Hours:** 30 Hours, 8 hrs/shift **Union:** ONA **Hourly Pay Rate:** $41\.15 \- $58\.98 **Date Posted:** April 27, 2026 **Internal Closing Date:** May 4, 2026 **About Us** Baycrest Hospital and the Apotex Jewish Home for the Aged provide specialized geriatric care for older adults with complex medical, cognitive and dementia\-related needs. As Canada’s only health system fully dedicated to aging and brain health, we bring together compassionate care, clinical excellence and leading expertise in dementia care, cognitive health and seniors’ wellness. Our integrated continuum — spanning hospital care, long\-term care and community\-based seniors’ services — ensures every older adult benefits from evidence\-based practice, geriatric medicine and a team deeply experienced in aging and brain\-health care. **Job Summary** **Apotex 2** is a Physical Support Unit. This unit focuses on older persons who are living with physical conditions that result in frailty and fragility. These residents require assistance to enable them to continue to live their lives and fulfill their goals and daily activities. This unit enables staff to learn about physical conditions common with aging and the impact of these conditions on mobility, pain, activities of daily living, and emotional health. **Apotex 3** is a mix of Physical support, Transitional Behavioural Support and Mental Health Units. The residents on these units need a specialized environment and a specialized care team to help manage their activities of daily living. This work area is an ideal setting for those wanting to understand ageing and the cognitive or mental health changes or major issues present in this population. **Key Responsibilities** * Provides sound clinical knowledge and skills, acts as clinical expert and resource and provides comprehensive, quality client/family centred health care services from admission, through transfers and discharge * Plans for, delivers and evaluates nursing interventions, including medications, as well as treatments which fall within the RN’s scope of practice * Provides client\-centered care within interdisciplinary care team to meet the personal care, activation, recreation and spiritual needs of clients **Qualifications** * Current registration, in good standing, from the College of Nurses of Ontario (‘CNO’) is required * Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (‘BCLS’) certificate, Level C \- Automated External Device (‘AED’) is required * BScN preferred * Demonstrated ability to take professional accountability for leading, organizing, providing and delegating care activities for clients and families * Experience in Long\-Term Care with clients in day programs or residents in a Long\-Term Care and Community Setting preferred * Certificate in Dementia Care preferred * Training in P.I.E.C.E.S., Gentle Persuasive Approach and U\-First preferred * Psychogeriatric experience, i.e. mental health assessment and intervention and working with responsive behaviours including various types of dementia, delirium, mental health issues preferred * Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills * Basic computer skills – PointClickCare MDS/RAI, Microsoft Word and Excel preferred