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🏥 Position Title:
Registered Nurse – Experienced Candidates
📍 Location: Various sites and community-based locations across Nova Scotia
📌 Req ID: 173331
💼 Type of Employment:
- Permanent
- Assignment
- Casual Relief
🩺 Union: Nursing Bargaining Unit (Constituent union depends on location)
💰 Compensation & Incentives:
- Hourly Pay: $40.55 – $49.99
- Annual Salary Equivalent: $79,072 – $97,480
- Maximum Pay (25 years experience): $51.74/hour
- Signing Bonus: Up to $15,000 for hard-to-fill positions
- Relocation Support and Immigration Assistance available
✅ Benefits Include:
- Competitive compensation package
- Health & dental coverage
- Pension plan (defined benefit)
- Long-term disability, life insurance, and travel insurance
- Work-life balance with opportunities to enjoy Nova Scotia’s vibrant cities or tranquil towns
📌 About the Opportunity:
Nova Scotia Health is hiring Registered Nurses (RNs) from a range of backgrounds and specialties to work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary care environment across the province.
You’ll play a key role in:
- Delivering high-quality patient care
- Working within a collaborative care model
- Shaping the future of healthcare in Nova Scotia
🩺 Available Nursing Areas:
Immediate needs in multiple specialties:
- ICU / IMCU
- Emergency
- Medical / Surgical
- Cardiology
- Operating Room
- Mental Health & Addictions
- Rehab / Restorative Care
- Rural Health
- Long-Term Care
- Public Health
- Critical Care (apply separately via Critical Care Nurse posting)
🎯 Ideal Candidate Profile:
- Licensed or eligible for registration with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN)
- Strong interest in collaborative care models
- Motivated to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care across diverse settings
- Committed to ongoing professional development
📝 Application Process:
After applying, a Talent Acquisition team member will:
- Contact you directly
- Discuss your experience and preferences
- Match you with the most suitable opportunity
Be sure your resume includes:
- Education
- Nursing experience
- Certifications and training
🌎 Why Nova Scotia?
- Mix of vibrant cities and scenic small towns
- A balance of career opportunity and lifestyle
- Safe communities, stunning nature, and a lower cost of living
- Learn more: www.novascotia.com
❤️ Diversity & Inclusion:
Nova Scotia Health encourages applications from:
- Indigenous Peoples
- African Nova Scotians
- Persons of Colour
- Foreign Nationals / Newcomers
- Persons with Disabilities
- 2SLGBTQIA+
📧 Contact:
For questions or more info:
📨 [email protected]