Practical Nurse jobs in Canada

Discover Your Nursing Potential with Quinte Health’s Transition Pool! Ready to take your nursing career to the next level? Quinte Health’s Transition Pool offers a unique opportunity to explore diverse clinical areas, build skills, and find where you truly thrive—all while making a difference in patient care.

Start with an 8-week orientation program designed for your success:

• First 4 weeks: Medicine/Surgical unit with a consistent mentor to build your foundation.
• Next 10 shifts: Rotate through specialized units including Sills 3 (Acute Stroke/Rehab), Sills 4 (Complex Continuing Care), BSTU (Behavioral Support), TCU (Transitional Care Unit), Trenton In-Patient Unit, and PicPatient Unit.
• After a few months, once confident and comfortable, you’ll complete Emerge orientation—2 weeks in Belleville’s Emergency Department and 2 weeks in Trenton’s Emergency Department.

This role is ideal for nurses who love variety, thrive to broaden their horizons.

• Diverse clinical exposure across multiple units
• Tailored mentorship and a supportive onboarding experience
• Opportunities to develop advanced nursing skills and grow your career

• Current Certificate of Registration in good standing, or eligible for registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Current CPR, BLS, or BCLS certificate.
• Capable of coping with a physically demanding workload. (Physical Demands Analysis (PDA) available to review)

• Provision of care for patients within an interprofessional environment, including assessment, treatment, teaching and education.
• Performs acts requiring specialized knowledge, skills and judgement necessary for care of acute medical patients.
• Teaching and coaching to patients and families.
• Maintains nursing records in accordance with College of Nurses Standards.
• Practicing in compliance with provincial legislation, hospital policy and procedures, professional regulatory standards and best practices within the nursing profession.
• Maintaining professional competence by completing regular professional development including annual training and education as indicated.
• Participates in unit/dept. and hospital quality improvement initiatives.
• Adheres to a safe and healthy workplace and maintains a safe and healthy work environment through attendance at educational programs, use of established mechanisms for injuries and hazards and adheres to health and safety related policy and procedures.
• Adapts and adheres to of QH while promoting and advocating for an enhanced patient experience.
• Other duties as assigned.

At Quinte Health, guided by our core values of Imagine It's You, Value Everyone, We All Make a Difference, and Stronger Together, our family of four hospitals holds a central role in the mission to enhance lives and foster healthier communities. We operate as a cohesive team, uniting all our hospitals to deliver local and regional healthcare services. In partnership with our communities, we strive to improve access to high-quality care, right in their own neighborhoods.

• Required sporadically – average under 30 pounds lifting, carrying, and pushing/pulling.
• Required in extreme emergency – 100 pounds.

• Required often – standing.
• Required frequently – sitting, walking, on hard floor surface.
• Required occasionally – stooping, lateral bending, foot activation, kneeling, bending.
• Required rarely – crouching, squatting.

• Required frequently – both hands for reaching, reaching above shoulder, fine finger movement, foot action, pinching, gripping/grasping, and eye/hand coordination.

Quinte Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to meeting needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Our recruitment process follows the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act to provide a fair and equitable process for all candidates. Applicants requiring accommodation through the recruitment/interview process are encouraged to contact the Human Resources Department at 613‑969‑7400 x2577.