PIPD Update May 22, 2026

Hi Everyone.  Thanks for another hard week at work!

Master Schedule Update:

I think the discussion went relatively well overall, and it felt like everyone’s voices were heard. It sounds like SUN will be able to create a new master schedule using our current schedule as the foundation, while adding the additional full-time equivalents (approximately 25 lines) needed to balance the numbers. Phew — I’m very encouraged by the direction this is heading.

Once the draft schedule is completed and goes through the usual review and back-and-forth process, we should have a clearer timeline for line selection. At this point, the projected implementation date for the new schedule is August 23.

Please feel free to reach out to Sharon or me with any questions or if you need clarification as we move forward with this.  I will send out the minutes as soon as I get them.

We’re almost there! If your name is on this list, you are among the few staff members who still need to complete the mandatory Cybersecurity Privacy Training.

Please take a few minutes to complete it as soon as possible. The training link was sent to your SHA email. As an SHA employee, completion of this training is an expectation, and it is now overdue.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this.

 

This is what site manager coverage looks like:

During each shift, site managers deal with any and all issues presented to them from the sites they are covering. Staffing is a large component of their work, but they address literally anything that requires their intervention. The hours of operation are:

-          Monday to Friday 2pm to 10pm

-          Weekends and stats 3 shifts – 8am to 4pm; 12pm to 8pm and 2pm to 10pm

Site managers work closely with the site leads, directors, unit managers, on call team, scheduling and NRT manager. To reach a site manager please call switchboard and ask for the site manager covering JPCH.

Having site manager coverage until 10pm means that the JPCH on-call managers only start being on call at 10pm instead of 4pm. As we start coverage, site managers may reach out to you if they have questions.  Coverage of JPCH will begin on Tuesday May 19, 2026, after an onsite orientation with each of the inpatient unit managers.

·       As a request from SLP we will be purchasing our own Gelmix to have available if ordered evening or weekends.  I’ve stashed 3 containers in unit 3 team above the computer. 

 

Kelly

Pyxis Discrepancies

Reminder - it is each nurse's responsibility to resolve any discrepancy from their shift prior to leaving. Please check the Pyxis each shift and if your name is on a discrepancy, select it then hit "resolve". Explain why there was a discrepancy - there are pre-made options to choose from or you can write your own. Pharmacy has sent the following email:

 Hi,

This is a reminder that there are multiple outstanding narcotic discrepancies on your Pyxis stations.  You will notice some of them are >15 days outstanding and it is the responsibility of your department to resolve these.  For best practice, discrepancies should be resolved at the end of every shift.  These records must be accurate to align with Health Canada legal requirements.  If we cannot get these figured out I will need to escalate to the next level, including reporting these to Health Canada.

Unit huddles qshift are an important part of identifying nursing concerns or where support may be needed (ie: never bottle fed an infant in side-lying outside the classroom). It ensures nurses are not working in silos & information/education can be shared. If you have already been doing huddles, THANK YOU. If you haven't been doing the huddles, please start. This will be extremely important with the increase of new hires.

CNE Update

Gtube Nurse/Feeding Tube Nurse

You must do a referral on SCM - there is also a paper downtime req that will be in the filing cabinet if SCM is down. Go to Referrals option - scroll to "Pediatric Feeding Tube Nurse" and select. You can choose routine or urgent. Please enter as much information as possible so the Feeding Tube Nurse can prioritize - example: granulation tissue. The Feeding Tube Nurse may even just call you to give you a plan of care until they can assess. 

New Hires to PIPD

Starting May 26, PIPD will have 10 new hires. Another group of new hires will start June 12. We are thanking you in advance for your mentorship and guidance. To assist us with supporting education, we have revised the PIPD Orientee Shift Summary. We have done this to help guide the new orientee's bedside organization and to find gaps earlier so we can support them. We are asking those who Mentor to observe a Head-to-Toe Assessment on each patient on each shift for all of their buddy shifts. This will provide a wider snapshot of their organization, family centered care, and accuracy & thoroughness of assessments. This is information already reviewed before they get on the floor.

Procedural Sedation

Thank you to those that have already completed the eLearning. We need at least 80% of the nurses (RN & LPN) to complete the eLearning before we can look at proceeding forward. 
More information will come once we have a confirmed start date and very straight forward plans of care.