Outreach Palliative RN

Overview

Program Area:
Integrated Programs

Employment Status:
Ongoing

Hours/Week: 21

• Our Vision: A community without barriers to health and wellbeing.
• Our Mission:
  We work with our community to promote and sustain health and wellbeing for all.
• Our Values:
  Compassion, Social Justice, Courage, Integrity, Adaptability.

Guelph Community Health Centre prioritizes people who face barriers to health and accessing services, and people who identify as:

• Homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Living on low income
• Newcomers to Canada with language barriers
• Having moderate to severe mental health and/or addiction issues
• Having moderate to severe disabilities
• Indigenous First Nations, Inuit and Métis
• Black, mixed race and racialized populations
• Experiencing intersectional oppression
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  SLGBTQIA+
• Vulnerable children and their families experiencing conflict, isolation or attachment struggle

The Palliative Outreach Registered Nurse (RN) is a key member of the Guelph CHC Outreach Nursing team, working alongside Guelph-Wellington HART Hub and the Integrated Programs of the CHC. This role provides trauma-informed, harm-reduction–centered, and palliative-informed nursing care to individuals with life-limiting illness who are homeless or precariously housed.

Reporting to the supervisor, the Palliative Outreach RN will provide care, support, and education to individuals in the community, shelters, drop-ins, encampments, parks, and other outreach settings. The RN collaborates closely with Nurse Practitioners, physicians, allied health, community paramedicine, mental health and addictions services, shelters, hospice/palliative care providers, and other community agencies to provide wraparound, coordinated care. This includes supporting care transitions between the community, emergency department, and acute care settings.

• Deliver nursing care across community and mobile outreach settings, with a strong focus on supporting individuals with life-limiting illnesses through palliative and comfort-focused interventions.
• Provide comprehensive palliative nursing assessments, symptom management, and comfort-oriented care in collaboration with NP/MD and the interdisciplinary team.
• Administer medications, injections, and treatments—including pain and symptom management therapies—and provide skilled wound care tailored to palliative needs.
• Support coordinated care planning and advocate for clients to reduce barriers and ensure equitable access to palliative and community services.
• Provide crisis intervention, code response, and de-escalation as needed, maintaining client safety and emotional wellbeing.

• Baccalaureate in Nursing.
• Current Certificate of Competence with the College of Nurses of Ontario (RN).
• Emergency First Aid (or equivalent) and CPR Level
  
  C.
• Demonstrated experience working in a manner consistent with the principles of harm reduction, trauma-informed, and palliative nursing care.
• Strong understanding of palliative approaches.
• Ability to build rapport with vulnerable populations.
• Passion for providing care to individuals who use substances.
• Ability to work under pressure and independently.
• Knowledge of internal/external services in Guelph and Wellington County.
• Strong assessment and care planning skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.
• Assets: LEAP, naloxone training, OAT Fundamentals, wound care, NVCI, motivational interviewing.

• Weekend/evening work may be required.
• Combination of desk/office work, with the majority of time spent in the community.
• Work involves interaction with individuals experiencing mental health challenges, addictions, homelessness, and justice involvement.

We know that experience comes in many forms. If you have some of these qualities and are excited about this opportunity, then we want to hear from you. Please visit our website  and apply using the online application tool. In your application, please include a resume and cover letter outlining how your skills, qualifications, and experience meet the position requirements.

Guelph Community Health Centre is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including individuals from priority populations who may identify as 2

SLGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals, and members of Black and other racialized communities.

We thank, in advance, those who apply, but will contact only those who qualify for interviews.

If at any stage in the selection process you require accommodation, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.

We require that all finalist applicants undergo a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screen through their local Police Services Branch prior to start date.