Registered Nurse (RN), NSWOC - Full-time [VON Canada]
Requisition Details Employment Status: Regular, Full-time (1.0 FTE)
Program Name: Visiting Nursing
Number of Hours Bi-Weekly: 75Work Schedule: Days
On-Call: YesExisting Vacancy: Yes - we're currently hiring candidates for an existing vacancy in this position.
$2,000 Signing Bonus + $5,000 Retention Bonus (6 months) - Conditions Apply
- Newly increased pay rates** HFO offers a $25,000 CCPN incentive to eligible nurses in exchange for a 24-month commitment
You will help alleviate healthcare system challenges through the NSWOC Power of Three; provision of higher quality care, reduced costs and improved outcomes for patients.
Experience Job Satisfaction
- Improve Client Care Planning and Continuity: Assess and educate clients and their families, implement outcome-directed co-designed care plans, and incorporate education, counselling, and discharge planning as necessary to help individuals achieve their individual health goals.
- Enhance Your Clinical Expertise: Support specialized, progressive treatment modalities and case management, following established nursing principles that have demonstrated optimal wound and ostomy management and improved client outcomes.
- Empower Your Clients and their Families: Utilizing adult learning principles and evidence-based teaching materials to educate clients and families, you will empower clients to make informed decisions about their health and service requirements.
- Work within a multidisciplinary team: Act as a clinical resource and mentor other care providers, staff, and students, promoting an interprofessional collaborative team and improving clinical capacity development.
- Collaborate with Peers: Work autonomously, but not alone. VON NSWOCs across the province meet virtually every week to discuss hard cases or uncommon experiences.
- Competitive salaries and vacation time
- Tiered Benefits (health, dental, LTD)
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Travel compensation
- Smartphone to keep you connected during work time
- Clinic work, where applicable
- The opportunity to make a difference in your community
- An opportunity to use your skills and expand your knowledge
- The opportunity to grow your career with VON
- A comprehensive orientation program
- Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the province of practice
- Completion of Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy & Continence Canada (NSWOCC) WOC-EP program, or;
- International Interprofessional Wound Care Course (IIWCC), or;
- Master's prepared Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) with formal skin and wound care education
- Three years of experience in the community or acute care setting focusing on wound care is preferred
- Experience in community and home care is preferred
- Ability to observe and make effective assessments of clinical issues
- Ability to initiate and support health teaching
- Strong written and verbal communication skills that allow for effective engagement with clients, staff, and the public