St. Joseph's Home Care

Foot Care Nurse - Registered Practical Nurse

Visiting Nursing - Hamilton, ON, Canada - Full Time

Foot Care Nurse
 
Number of Openings:1Division:Marketed Services
Full/Part Time/Casual:Full TimeProgram:Foot Care-Clinical Programs
*May be required to support other programs as needed.
Regular/Temporary:RegularLocation:HNHB boundaries
*This position requires traveling within Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Niagara regions and Norfolk county including regions  of Guelph
Union:LIUNAHours of Work:Day shift (8am-4pm)
*approx. 75 hours bi-weekly
*weekend rotation 1/3
Posting Date:August 20, 2026Closing Date:August 27, 2026
Wages:LIUNA Union Wage Grid
$27.52-$29.84		French Language Skill Requirement:N/A
This posting is for a current vacancy.

POSITION SUMMARY:

St. Joseph’s Home Care is dedicated to providing quality and compassionate care to individuals in their homes and/or alternative settings on a visiting or shift care basis.  Registered Practical Nurses enhance the life of their clients by providing a range of care to clients with predictable outcomes, 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.

Clinical
  • providing quality nursing care, within the scope of practice and in accordance with the professional regulating body
  • maintaining knowledge and compliance to the Professional Standards
  • following nursing processes and practices in an effective and efficient manner
  • ensuring the maintenance of high-quality nursing skills, applying current knowledge to nursing care
  • complying with all SJHC nursing practices, processes and work instructions
  • reviewing and following the plan of nursing care, including discharge plans
  • engaging in consultation / liaison with clients, their families/caregivers, physical, multi-discipline team member, and other external stakeholders as required (e. g. HCCSS, ICC Care Coordinators)
  • evaluating and monitoring care plans on an on-going basis
  • assisting other clinical programs if requested or required
  • participating in regular and on-going professional development / learning opportunities, with the goal of obtaining more advanced or specialized nursing skills, as may be necessary for organizational advancement
  • completes self-appraisals in keeping with the College of Nurses of Ontario Standards of Practice and SJHC internal practices
  • acts as an advocate for patients, families and their caregivers through reviewing and interpreting information, supporting decision making and facilitating communications
  • completing comprehensive nursing assessments
  • conducting virtual care visits as necessary to program and/or scope of practice
  • Performs Foot Care services in home and clinic settings
Operational
  • completing program, clinical or organizational documentation in a timely and accurate manner
  • participating in organizational learning opportunities as appropriate (e. g, Surge Learning)
  • engaging on organizational working groups as appropriate (e. g, JH&SC, Quality Committee)
  • effectively utilizing organizational tools, software, devices in the application of daily work, willingness and ability to learn new technical skills as operational or patient needs change
  • willingness and ability to provide care in a variety of geographical locations (e. g. Central Hamilton), patient care environments (e. g. apartment building), or institutional care settings (e. g. Long Term Care)
  • willingness and ability to act as coach/mentor/Preceptor to new nurses through knowledge sharing and peer to peer support

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 every day 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/direct reports
  • 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
  • Strong abilities in program planning, implementation, evaluation
  • 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
  • One of either of the following - required
    1. Practical Nursing Diploma from an accredited college program + IV medication administration as part of the basic educational curriculum OR
    2. Practical Nursing Diploma from an accredited college program + IV medication administration certificate OR
    3. Practical Nursing Certificate from an accredited college program + a medication administration certificate + an IV medication administration certificate
  • Current and unrestricted RPN registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario – required
  • Basic and Advanced Foot Care Certification - required
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) - required
  • Previous experience with specific nursing care (palliative, diabetic, COPD, patrilineal dialysis, etc.,) – preferred
  • Valid Ontario Driver’s License and proof of $1 million liability automobile insurance - 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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Are you legally allowed to work in Canada?*
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?*
What Class is your Driver's License?*
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 that requires driving. Are you able and willing to drive in all areas of Hamilton including Brantford, Brant County, Norfolk County and Niagara Regions?*
This position requires regular travel to the Foot Care Clinics in the Hamilton area. Are you able to travel to the Foot Care Clinic on a regular basis?*
Are you willing and able to support other programs in the organization as needed? This would require travel to other program locations extending as far as Kitchener to Niagara Falls.*
Working as a community nurse you will be required to work independently and alone in the clients' homes to provide care if required. Are you comfortable, willing and able to work in this environment?*
Do you have the Basic and Advanced Foot Care Certificate?*
Do you have a current and valid BLS certificate?*
Please upload a copy of your Foot Care certificate.

*Please note that applications without a submission of a valid certificate may not proceed to the next step in the recruitment process.*
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?*
We are a unionized environment and have a Collective Agreement with LIUNA for RPN's. Within the Collective Agreement 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.*
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 Agreement in place for RPN's.

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

Each level 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?*
Human Check*