Registered Nurse - Palliative Care Home Consult

  • Nova Scotia Health
  • Apr 15, 2025
Temporary

Job Description

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

The Registered Nurse practices within the Nova Scotia College of Nurses Standards of Nursing Practice for Registered Nurses and the Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics, is responsible and accountable for the nursing care of an assigned group of patients and their families; provides guidance and leadership to peers and other staff; works in a collaborative relationship with colleagues, unit staff, students and members of related health disciplines. There is an expectation to complete additional education as an identified need of the practice area. May be required to cover all aspects of the Palliative Care Service, inpatient unit, clinic, community clinic, etc.

Recruitment Incentives

Successful candidates may be eligible for a $5,000 signing bonus with a defined Return of Service contract.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

  • Registered with the Nova Scotia College of Nurses (NSCN)
  • Current CPR or BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support)
  • Completion of CNA certification in Hospice Palliative Care. 
  • If no applicants demonstrate current CNA certification, applicants eligible to complete CNA certification in Hospice Palliative Care within one (1) year of hire date may be considered.
  • Minimum of two (2) years recent Palliative Care experience
  • If no applicants demonstrate 2 years of Palliative Care experience, applicants with three (3) years recent acute care experience may be considered.
  • Palliative Care related courses from recognized institutions (ie, EPEC-O or LEAP) required
  • Adult Oncology Nursing Program (from the DeSouza Institute) considered an asset.
  • Oncology experience considered an asset.                                                                 
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with patients/families living with the stages of advanced illness
  • Ability to work well independently with minimal supervision, using good organizational skills
  • Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

  • Long Assignment Full-time Position; 75 hours bi-weekly
  • Approximately 18 months

Compensation and Benefits

$40.55 - $49.99 Hourly

$51.74 Hourly with 25 years RN 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.

Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

​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.

Job Category

Nurse

City

Inverness, Nova Scotia