Registered Practical Nurse - Float Pool

About the role

Sault Area Hospital is hiring a Registered Practical Nurse for a float pool position, on a permanent full-time basis. The posting is for an existing vacancy and closes on November 17, 2026 at 3:00 pm. The position is covered by a collective agreement; applications from outside the bargaining unit are welcome only if the position is not filled from within it.

Key responsibilities

• Use the Standards of Nursing Practice and the Nursing Process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Provide health teaching to patients and their families.
• Make clinical decisions and exercise judgment to provide the best possible nursing care within available resources.
• Reflect the hospital's mission statements and nursing philosophy in practice.
• Participate in a theory-based approach to nursing care and in developing nursing and unit objectives.

Required profile

• Diploma in Practical Nursing from an approved school of nursing.
• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario in good standing.
• Recent inpatient medical experience.
• Palliative care experience.
• Experience and knowledge working with the geriatric population.

Applicants must have current certification in venipuncture (I.V. certification). Internal applicants should complete the internal application form if submitting a hard copy; only candidates selected for testing or interview will be contacted. Applications are made through the hospital's careers page.