The Opportunity: Registered Nurse (RN) – Full-Time
Posting Date: March, 2026
Carefor is Eastern Ontario’s largest home care and community support services not-for-profit, with over 1,200 employees operating in Eastern Counties, Ottawa, and Pembroke-Renfrew County. The founding chapter of the Victorian Order of Nurses, Carefor has been helping seniors and people living with disabilities in Eastern Ontario live with choice and dignity since 1897.
For our staff, we are proud to help them be the best they can be both now and into the future. Through comprehensive onboarding and continual training, you are continuously improving your professional practice with Carefor; and with the HOOPP pension plan, great benefits and a flexible schedule, we’re looking out for you and your family. At Carefor, we know our work matters, and we’re proud of the impact we have in people’s lives.
Job Description
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What You Will Do:
- Provides complete, relevant assessment of the client utilizing pre-set procedures
- Develops a care plan with the client and family based on the nursing assessment, incorporating discharge planning
- Implements nursing strategies or interventions according to the established care plan
- Performs technical nursing skills at a safe level in accordance with nursing principles and Carefor’s policies and procedures
- Describes, evaluates and documents client/family responses to care plan utilizing established procedures and
- the achievement of realistic client-centered outcomes, and revises the plan as required
- Describes and documents nursing processes clearly, concisely, accurately and appropriately, according to Carefor documentation standards
- Demonstrates respect for client’s choices and decisions
- Utilizes adult learning principals and established teaching materials to provide health teaching to clients and families
- Reports and discusses client’s status on a regular basis with other members of the health care team
- Acting as a wound champion to manage wounds based on best practices
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Qualifications
- Registration with the College of Nurses in Ontario
- High tech skills required
- Experience with IV restart
- Palliative experience preferred
- LEAP training or willing to take as a requirement to palliative care provision
- Experience in community health care preferred
- Excellent documentation skills
- Ability to problem solve and to adapt nursing to independent practice
- Ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary practice
- Possession of a valid driver’s license, (G2 level)
- Use of a reliable vehicle that is insured for business use required
- Bilingualism (French/English) an asset
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What We Have To Offer You:
- Defined Pension Plan with the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Paid mileage between clients
- Smartphone provided
- 24/7 support from on-call Supervisors
- Paid orientation and training
- Flexible Shifts
- All necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Work-life balance
- Professional development opportunities
- A collaborative team culture that supports making a difference in the lives of our clients
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Rate of pay: $31.36 – $45.54 per hour
Work location: on the road
Carefor is committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. Please let us know in your application if you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for accommodation will be considered in a fair and objective manner that will ensure applicants are treated with respect and dignity.
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