St. Joseph's Home Care

Registered Nurse - St. Mary's Health Program

SM H@H - kitchener, ON, Canada - Part Time


Registered Nurse
St. Mary’s Health @ Home
Number of Openings:1Division:St. Mary’s Health
Full/Part Time/Casual:Part-TimeProgram:St. Mary’s Health @ Home
Regular/Temporary:RegularLocation:Wellington County including Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph.
*May require travel to other program locations as needed
Union:ONAHours of Work:Days (8am-4pm)
 Afternoons (3pm-11pm)

*Availability on Mondays and Tuesdays
*1-3 Weekend Rotation
*Approx. 45 hours bi-weekly
Posting Date:August 20, 2026Closing Date:August 27, 2026
Wages:ONA Union Wage Grid
$31.39-$46.47 per hour		French Language Skill Requirement:N/A
This posting is for a current vacancy.

POSITION SUMMARY:
St. Mary’s Health @Home is dedicated to providing quality, compassionate, and client centered care to individuals in their homes and/or alternative settings through our various programs.  Registered Nurses enhance the life of their clients by providing a broad range of care needs within the framework, policies and procedures and the standards of practice prescribed by the College of Nurses of Ontario.  Through their work, Registered Nurses contribute to the healing and independence of their clients and promote the continual improvement of the overall health of the community.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • utilize the nursing process and standards of care (College of Nurses of Ontario – RN)
  • perform pronouncements in keeping with RN standards
  • monitor and comply with DRN documentation
  • work independently in the community in the execution of daily tasks
  • complete point of care assessments and comprehensive nursing assessments (e. g. Mini-metal status, depression, pain, etc.)
  • practice infection prevention and control measures
  • engage as a support network for peers also working in the community
  • provide the highest quality care and participate in quality processes as required
  • complete all necessary client assessments
  • implement and deliver client’s plan of care, recommend care plan adjustments to Managers
  • participate in the effective and safe coordination of client care among team members and managers
  • ensure appropriate caseload management, ongoing monitoring and evaluation of care.
  • collaborate respectfully with the client, family members, other team members
  • engage other care multi-disciplinary providers as necessary (e. g. Physicians, OT, PSW)
  • engage effectively with external stakeholders as necessary (e. g hospital partners)
  • advocate for the client/caregivers in a collaborative and effective way
  • perform all necessary documentation in a real time manner
  •  interpret information, support decisions, facilitate communications
  • utilize technology in order to effectively document and communicate with other team members and stakeholders
  • apply current knowledge and research to practice, share knowledge with others
  • engage as Preceptor, coach, mentor to others as requested
  • maintain current competencies and participate in continuing professional development opportunities
  • seek to obtain advanced or specialized nursing qualification/skills to meet client care needs
  • carry out self-appraisals in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario Standards of Practice
  • complete self-evaluation and the appraisal process in keeping with standard protocol’s
  • participate fully in additional required and/or mandatory training, and ongoing professional development requirements
  • maintain open and effective communications with others in the organization
  • work collaboratively in the best interests of the client at all times
  • report any client and/or staff safety concerns, utilizing the appropriate forms or tools
  • report any work tools or device issues in a prompt and informative manner
  • collaborate with others in the ordering of nursing supplies and/or necessary equipment
  • support referral and intake processes as requested
  • perform general administrative/non-clinical duties associated with this role

CORE COMPENTENCIES
  • Regularly demonstrates our mission, vision and values:
    1. Support compassionate care, faith and diversity
    2. Deliver quality care, pursue and share knowledge, respect diversity, remain faithful
    3. Commit to working everyday with dignity, respect, service, justice, responsibility and enquiry
  • Ability to work collaboratively with others; sharing expertise and drawing on the expertise of others
  • Actively promotes a healthy, supportive and inclusive work environment
  • Proactively contributes to initiatives, supporting and encouraging positive change
  • Ability to engage in effective problem solving, possess logic and analytical thinking
  • Skilled at thinking about creative solutions to complex problems
  • Solid team-based approach to everyday work activities
  • Superior communication skills both verbal and written, with an excellent customer service mind set
  • Positive and professional, with a “can do” attitude
  • Willingness to regularly go the extra mile and actively support co-workers
  • Ability to demonstrate leadership and mentoring skills, to motivate and help others grow
  • Strong knowledge of quality outcomes and streaming processes in order to find efficiencies
  • Superior organizational and planning skills
  • Proven ability to be detailed oriented
  • Maintaining on-going compliance to corporate policies and procedures, health and safety regulations, and relevant external standards
  • Participating fully in both internal and external training requirements
  • Participating fully in corporate quality initiatives
  • Maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of all personal health records (including both client and personal), and following all the privacy and confidentiality requirements of any and all electronic medical record systems used (including but not limited to Procura and HPG)

QUALIFICATIONS
  • BSc in Nursing from an accredited college/university, required
  • Additional nursing speciality skills (wound, palliative, foot etc.), preferred
  • Current and unrestricted registration with College of Nurses of Ontario, required
  • Previous experience in Home or Community nursing environment, preferred
  • Previous experience with surgical discharge clients, preferred
  • Previous experience with Dementia clients and Dementia care, required
  • Experience working in a unionized environment, an asset
  • Previous experience as a Preceptor, preferred
  • IV medication administration education and/or experience, preferred
  • Basic cardiac life support (BCLS) education and/or experience, required
  • Previous experience using mobile tool and devices in the executing of work, preferred
  • Previous experience with Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) and/or Palliative Performance Scale (PPS), required
  • Chronic disease management and/or peritoneal dialysis experience, an asset
  • Previous experience with complex clients, preferred
  • Experience with Gentle Persuasion Approach or equivalent, an asset
 
St. Joseph’s Home Care is an equal opportunity employer, committed to equity, inclusiveness, and diversity across all our programs, practices, facilities, and team. AI is not used in our recruitment processes for the selection of candidates.
If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, such as alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms, please inform the hiring manager before your interview. Should you wish to conduct your interview in French, kindly contact our head office to arrange this in advance.
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This is a community nursing position with requires driving. Are you able and willing to drive in all areas of Wellington County including Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo and Guelph?*
Working as a community nurse you will be required to work independently and alone in the clients' homes to provide care. Are you comfortable, willing and able to work in this environment?*
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At what capacity are you available to join SJHC?*
Are you available to work Mondays and Tuesdays + 1 additional day Monday-Friday, as well as every 1 in 3 weekends required for a PART-TIME position?*
We are a unionized environment and have Collective Agreements with ONA for RN's and LIUNA for RPN's. Within those Collective Agreements is the requirement to work a MINIMUM of 3 shifts per week Monday - Friday for PART-TIME positions AND 1 in 3 weekends for FULL-TIME, PART-TIME and CASUAL.*
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It is a requirement to be available for the entire first week (5 days) for new hire orientation. Will you be able to commit to our new hire orientation for the first week (5 days)?*
If selected for an interview, you will be required to provide a MINIMUM of 2 weeks availability to the hiring manager during the interview for scheduling as part of our new hire onboarding. Are you able to provide 2 weeks of availability during your interview?*
Wages- SJHC is a unionized work environment, and we have a Collective Agreements in place for both RN's and RPN's.

RN's are unionized with the ONA group.
RN (ONA) wage band has 11 levels. $31.39-$46.47 (July 1st, 2025)

RPN's are unionized with LIUNA Local 3000.
RPN (LIUNA) wage band have 5 levels $27.52-$29.84

Each level, for both ONA and LIUNA, is equivalent to 1500 hours worked with a previous employer.

Full Time Benefits Package:
6- Paid Sick Days
15-Vacation days
Extended Health Care Package starts at 3 months

PT Benefits Package:
6% in lieu of vacation for PT/ Casual Positions
6% in lieu of Benefits PT/ Casual Positions

Driving time is paid as part of your day. SJHC currently pays .52 cent per km you drive in addition to hourly wage.

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Would you be interested in taking additional shift visits? Shift visits will be a minimum of 3 hour visits with one client in their home and may include HNHB boundaries including Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Niagara regions and Norfolk County.*
Human Check*