Posted 8 days ago
Community Nursing Palliative Care (RN) Oakville
@ Acclaim Health
Oakville, Ontario
Overview
Acclaim Health is hiring a part-time Community Visiting Nurse specializing in palliative care in Oakville. The role provides patient-centered nursing in clients' homes, including symptom management, pain relief and IV therapy, working two shifts per week with weekend and on-call rotations. Pay is $35.90 to $39.29 per hour.
Pay:
$35.90–$39.29 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Provide palliative nursing care to patients in their homes in Halton
- Assess health status and develop, evaluate and modify care plans
- Administer IV therapy, medications and wound care
- Maintain client records on a laptop synced twice daily
- Attend team and POD meetings as required
Requirements summary:
- Current CNO registration
- Current CPR certificate
- 1 to 2 years of nursing experience, preferably palliative, hospice or home health
- Palliative or hospice certification preferred
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and teaching skills
- Valid driver's licence and access to a vehicle
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · ultipro
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-29
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Nursing & personal care |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Schedule | day, holidays, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | CNO registration, CPR, Palliative or hospice certification |
| Driver’s licence | required, own vehicle |
| Perks mentioned | Flexible hours |
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Acclaim Health
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Company size | 501-1000 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 20 |
Why work for Acclaim Health? You will be working for an organization that has provided quality care to the community for 85+ years. Acclaim Health provides a wide variety of services to support the community, including Community Support Services, Alzheimer Services, Home and Personal Support Services and Palliative Care Services. Acclaim Health is a patient and family centered work environment that allows for flexibility in work schedules to ensure work/life balance. At Acclaim Health, we promote and support employees with a strong emphasis on the values of Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Innovation and Excellence.
We are seeking a compassionate and experienced Community Visiting Nurse specializing in Palliative Care to join our dedicated healthcare team. This role involves providing high-quality, patient-centered care to individuals with serious illnesses in their homes, focusing on symptom management, pain relief, and emotional support. The ideal candidate will work closely with patients, families, and an interdisciplinary team to enhance quality of life and ensure comfort in alignment with the patients goals and wishes
Acclaim Health announces the availability of one (1) Regular Part Time Registered Nurse position to work days starting at 8:00am in the Halton Community and Clinics with a focus on the Oakville Community. This position requires the individual to be available to work 2 shifts per week and 1:3 weekends including an On-call rotation in addition to the statutory holiday rotation.
Pay Rate: $34.76 - $37.64 per visit
$35.90 - $39.29 per hour
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:
- Provide comprehensive nursing care to palliative patients in their homes within the Halton area.
- Organizes the day, set priorities based on continuity of care, the type of care to be given and the client’s health needs.
- Develops, implements, evaluates, and modifies the plan of care outlining the strategies, orders and actions to achieve expected/desired outcomes.
- Assesses the health status of the client.
- Administers IV therapy including central line and peripheral line maintenance.
- Administers medications topically through natural body orifices, through tubes and by injections.
- Handles wound care, acute and chronic, for certain types and stages of wounds.
- Responsible for ensuring that the lap top is synchronized with the network at a minimum of twice a day, at the beginning and end of your shift, in order to receive information on and update client records.
- · Attends team/POD meetings as required.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 1 to 2 years clinical practice in a community environment preferred
- Minimum 1 to 2 years of nursing experience preferably in palliative care, hospice, or home health.
- Current registration with the CNO
- Certification in Palliative or hospice care (preferred)
- Current CPR certificate
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and teaching skills
- Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle
Must be legally eligible to work in Canada
Acclaim Health is an equal opportunity employer and is actively working towards a more inclusive, diverse and equitable world. We recognize that our work environment is stronger - and our care more effective - when it includes people of equity-seeking groups, including those of varying race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, family status or disability status.
Please note - only those applicants selected for interview will be contacted.
Should you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please inform human resources so we can ensure your equal participation in this process.
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