Company Bio

Hôpital Montfort is Ontario’s Francophone Academic Hospital, offering exemplary person-centred care. The hospital serves over 1.2 million people in Eastern Ontario, in both official languages. In 2018, it earned Accreditation with Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada, and was designated Best Practices Spotlight Organization by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. With its main partners, the University of Ottawa and La Cité college, as well as other post-secondary programs, Montfort is preparing the next generation of Francophone healthcare professionals. Since 2015, it has joined the ranks of Canada’s top 40 research hospitals through the activities of the Institut du Savoir Montfort, its knowledge institute. As part of its 2016-2021 strategy, Montfort is striving to become your hospital of reference for outstanding services, designed with you and for you. In 2019, it was named one of the world’s top 1000 hospitals. Our daily actions are guided by compassion, respect, mutual support, excellence and accountability.

Summary of Responsibilities

As a registered nurse, you will oversee the delivery of professional nursing care to a patient or group of patients in accordance with evidence-based nursing practice. You will ensure a therapeutic and professional relationship by working with the patient, loved ones and members of the interprofessional team to plan, implement and assess the patient’s care while respecting his or her needs, values and beliefs.

What Montfort offers its nursing staff
Autonomy, leadership, professional growth, skill maintenance, empowerment and interprofessional collaboration are the cornerstones of nursing at Montfort.

Professional development and continuous training
Our nursing staff also contributes to the advancement of knowledge with the goal of improving the quality of patient care and services through teaching and research, which are core aspects of our academic mission. Nurses also benefit from many of the advantages associated with continuous training, professional development as well as upgrading clinical and teaching skills.

Profile and Experience

• Valid Certificate of Competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario;
• Valid certificate in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic rescuer level (C);
• Bilingualism (French/English), intermediate level

Candidates will be considered based on their profile and experience, in the following order:
• First: candidates with one (1) year of experience in critical care (intensive care/intermediate care)
• Second: candidates with three (3) months of experience in critical care (intensive care/intermediate care) and/or in Emergency
• Third: candidates with one (1) year of experience in active care and who have passed the selection examination.
Conditions:
• The candidate must attend the orientation/training to become versatile in the different sectors. If the candidate has not taken the course on coronary care, he or she agrees to do so within one year. If the candidate has not taken the ACLS course, this must be done within 6 to 12 months.

Skills

• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team
• Leadership and creativity in problem-solving
• Approach based on consultation and sensitivity to geriatric concerns
• Ability to analyze and synthesize
• Autonomy
• Rigour and attention to detail
• Ability to manage communications
• Ability to work with IT tools

Employment Equity
Montfort is committed to employment equity and invites applications from women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities and visible minorities.

If you require accommodation during the assessment period, please notify us by email at rh@montfort.on.ca as soon as possible. We will review your request and implement appropriate measures to facilitate your full participation in the selection process. Montfort reviews accommodation requests on a case-by-case basis and reserves the right to request supporting documents.

An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent. Only those selected for an examination / interview will be contacted.