St. Joseph Home Care

RPN Wound Care-SWAN/IIWCC

Visiting Nursing - Hamilton, ON, Canada - Full Time

REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE – SWAN / IIWCC
Number of Openings:1Division:Nursing
Full/Part Time/Casual:Full TimeProgram:Visiting Nursing
Regular/Temporary:RegularLocation:Hamilton
Union:LIUNAHours of Work:Days shift (8am-4pm)
*approx. 75 hours bi-weekly
*Weekend rotation 1/3
Wages:LIUNA Union Wage Grid
$27.52-$29.84 + $5.00 per hour /per wound care visit		French Language Skill Requirement:N/A
This posting is for a current vacancy.

POSITION SUMMARY:

St. Joseph’s Home Care (SJHC) is dedicated to providing quality, compassionate, and client centered care to individuals in their homes and/or alternative settings through visiting, shift or the Integrated Comprehensive Care programs.  Registered Practical Nurses enhance the life of their clients by providing a broad range of care needs within the framework of SJHC’s policies and procedures and the standards of practice prescribed by the College of Nurses of Ontario.  Through their work, Registered Practical 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
  • Utilizes the nursing process effectively, in order to provide high quality Wound and Ostomy Care for clients and/or caregivers.
  • Collaborates with the interdisciplinary health team to provide cost-effective, high-quality Wound Care, using Best Practices.
  • Applies current knowledge and research of Wound Care Protocol to practice.
  • Creates, in consultation with the physician, CCAC Case Manager, collaborate with ICCP coordinators and Primary Nurse, a plan of care for patients requiring wound care in the community.
  • Initiates plan of nursing care in consultation with the client and/or caregiver and modifies plan of care on an ongoing basis. 
  • Promotes the independence of clients and caregivers considering their needs, strengths and weaknesses.
  • Utilizes available resources, facilitates clients/caregivers' problem solving, participation in decision making, and access to appropriate resources.
  • Participate in the evaluation and refinement of the Wound Care Protocol and overall program.
  • Involved in Education of other members of the SJHC team on the protocol and usage of products, providing guidance to best treatment choices
  • Maintain regular communication with supervisor to include review of problems or unique issues and exchange feedback
  • Participates in Bi-Weekly nursing case rounds

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

KEY EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
  • Diploma in Practical Nursing from an accredited College, required
  • Current and unrestricted Registered Practical Nurse license, required
  • Member in good standing with Ontario College of Nurses, required
  • A current Ontario driver’s license in good standing, required
  • Proven ability in utilizing MS office software including excel spreadsheets, required
  • Minimum 1-3 years of experience in home & community, acute and/or long-term care nursing, required
  • Familiar with Procura, Procura Mobile or other scheduling software, as asset
  • Certification as a wound care nurse, or equivalent courses; IIWCC or SWAN course recommended
  • Previous experience in complex wound care, required
  • Previous experience in ostomy and/or continence care, preferred
  • Previous experience with palliative patientives, preferred
  • Demonstrated excellence in direct client care
  • Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to engage in daily travel in a defined geographical area, required

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.

*refer to the collective agreement for hours of work and weekend rotation
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Do you have a current and valid registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)?*
Are you an RN or RPN?*
How many years of experience do you have working as an RN/RPN?*
Do you have a valid Ontario Driver's License?*
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Do you have access to a reliable vehicle to use every day for work?*
Is the vehicle covered with Liability Insurance?*
This is a community nursing position with requires driving. Are you able and willing to drive in all areas of Hamilton?*
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?*
Do you have a current and valid BCLS certificate?*
Do you have a current and valid Gentle Persuasive Approaches certificate?*
Please select any of the following regarding IV certification and/or experience:*
Do you have Palliative Care experience and/or a certificate in Palliative Care?*
Do you have a certificate specializing in either Continence Care and/or Wound Care for Nursing?*
If yes, please select a certification in Wound and/or Continence Care from the list below:*
Do you have a Vulnerable Police Sector Check that has been completed in the last 12 months?*
Do you have results from a TB test that has been completed in the last 12 months?*
Do you have experience working in Community Home Care?*
If yes, where did you obtain your experience in Community Home Care?*
Do you have experience working in a hospital setting?*
If yes, where did you obtain your hospital experience?*
Please select the area(s) of specific nursing care that you have experience performing:*
Do you have experience using mobile tools and devices required for a community nursing position?*
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.*
What shifts are you available to work?*
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.

Do you accept these wage grids?*
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