Registered Nurse - Burns & Plastics, Urology & Ophthalmology

About the Role

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day.

Sick Kids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

The Sick Kids surgical programme offers a unique opportunity for Registered Nurses to work within the Burns & Plastics, Urology & Ophthalmology unit (8C), a 15-bed unit that provides world-renowned, family-centred, specialised post-operative care for patients in these areas. The unit is the only verified Paediatric Burn Centre in Canada.

Start date:

September 14th, 2026
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• Develop and implement a nursing plan of care.
• Work in collaboration with the child/family and the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Maintain clinical competence and knowledge base through continued education and life-long learning.
• Utilise evidence-based practice as a base in the promotion of professional accountability.
• Provide safe, competent and ethical nursing care.
• After one year, participate in the Nursing Resource Group for up to two years at 0.2 FTE (0.8 FTE to remain in 8C).

• Management of care across the phases of preoperative, postoperative, trauma, acute and chronic care.
• Navigation of psychosocial dynamics and care challenges related to life-threatening illness or injury and its treatment.
• Involvement and care of patients undergoing new and innovative procedures and care pathways.
• Manage and care for patients from diverse pathways, such as new NICU babies, step-down ICU surgical patients, or short-stay turnaround surgical patients.
• Central Venous Access Device care, maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Administration of blood products, oxygen therapy, enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Recognition and management of surgical complications and postoperative emergencies.
• Work in collaboration with a highly skilled interdisciplinary surgical team, including a robust surgical NP team for each surgical service.
• Develop surgical subspecialty skills related to any of our surgical services – Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, General Surgery, Trauma, Burns, Plastics, Urology, Ophthalmology, and Gynecology.
• Work with the Acute Pain Service team to champion best practices in pain management.
• Be a valued team member for patients undergoing life-altering/innovative surgical procedures.

• Graduate of an approved Baccalaureate Nursing Program.
• Current registration as an RN with the College of Nurses of Ontario (General Class License).
• Candidates with less than one year of clinical RN experience are encouraged to apply to our New Graduate Nurse job opening (Job ).
• Possess at least one year of clinical nursing experience in an RN capacity.
• Previous work experience in paediatrics or experience working with children is a strong asset but not mandatory.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use your critical thinking, problem-solving and teamwork abilities.
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusivity.

• Enhancing children’s health and changing the lives of children and their families every day.
• Our academic and learning environment with a robust 3-month orientation, mentoring programmes, and focus on continuous improvement.
• A culture of safety for both the patient and staff.
• A focus on employee wellness. Self-care helps us care for others.
• Comprehensive health & dental benefits and HOOPP defined-benefit pension plan.
• A hospital that welcomes and focuses on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
• A work environment where you have flexible scheduling, safe staff-to-patient ratios, awards and bursaries.
• Being a part of the expert interprofessional care team driving hospital-wide changes and beyond.
• The opportunity to be recognised for nursing excellence awards and recognition programmes.

Sick Kids is committed to championing equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, fostering an intentionally inclusive and culturally safe environment that reflects the diversity of the patients, families and communities we serve.

All positions posted on the Sick Kids Hospital’s Careers Site represent current vacancies, unless otherwise posted in the job description.