Various sites and community-based locations throughout rural Eastern and Central Zone
Department: Continuing Care Home Care Nursing
Permanent, Assignments, and Casual Relief Opportunities Available
Union: Nursing Bargaining Unit, Constituent Union Based on Location
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Are you a Registered Nurse with a passion for rural health who has recent experience providing community home care nursing, or one (1) year of acute care nursing within a hospital setting? This might be the perfect opportunity to start your career with Nova Scotia Health!
Learn more about Continuing Care at Continuing Care | Nova Scotia Health.
About the Opportunity
The Continuing Care Registered Nurse cares for clients and their families in the home setting. This includes managing clients with both acute care needs and chronic conditions as well as end of life care.
We have immediate opportunities in many areas throughout Nova Scotia in the offices below, including but not limited to:
- Sheet Habour – Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital
- Neil’s Harbour – Buchanan Memorial Community Health Centre
- Guysborough – Guysborough Memorial Hospital
- Baddeck – Victoria County Memorial Hospital
- Cheticamp – Sacred Heart Community Health Centre
- Inverness – Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
- Sherbrooke – St. Mary’s Memorial Hospital
- Musquodoboit Harbour – Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Registered or eligible for registration with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN)
- Recent community acute care nursing within home setting
- If no applicants demonstrate community experience, consideration may be given to applicants with a year or more of acute care nursing experience in a hospital setting
- Current BLS-C (HCP) certification
- Understanding of case management in the community an asset
- Demonstrated clinical skills
- Ability to work independently and effective communication skills
- Access to a reliable vehicle & valid NS driver’s license
Hours
- Typical shift hours: 830am – 430pm, 5 shifts a week, including weekends *subject to change depending on operational needs
Compensation and Benefits
$40.55 – $49.99 hourly
$51.74 hourly with 25 years’ nursing experience
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan
To Apply
Visit Registered Nurse – Various Units and Locations Available in Nova Scotia Job Details | Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health (nshealth.ca) and indicate “Home Visit – Continuing Care” as your interest. Once you submit your application, a member of our Talent Acquisition team will contact you directly. If you have any questions, please contact: risa.takada@nshealth.ca.
Internationally Educated Nurses:
If you are an internationally educated Registered Nurse, please apply here for consideration.
Once You’ve Applied
This is a Nursing bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
