Registered Nurse – Primary Care

ConnectWell Community Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for 21 hours per week (0.6 FTE) to join our inter-professional primary care team. This is a position which includes a comprehensive employee benefit package and HOOPP.

ConnectWell Community Health is a fully accredited, community governed, and not-for-profit organization. ConnectWell provides community-based primary care, health promotion programs and services, and a range of developmental and social services across Lanark, Renfrew, and Leeds and Grenville Communities. ConnectWell Community Health services are provided by salaried interdisciplinary team members working to their fullest possible scope, in a collaborative practice, to address the health and social well-being to residences, focusing on the social determinants of health needs of the people and communities we serve.

Position Summary: The Primary Care Registered Nurse (RN) promotes the health of individuals, families and the community we serve. Working within a multidisciplinary team, the RN will identify and promote care decisions that build on the capacity that is inherent in the individual or the community served. The RN provides direct primary care nursing to clients, provides clinical support to the inter-disciplinary team of practitioners and promotes and facilitates clinical, educational and health promotion programs. The RN ensures that the medical equipment, clinical supplies and resources that support the health team are readily available, well organized and maintained as appropriate.

Qualifications:

• BScN preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• 3 to 5 years of experience, preferably primary care setting working with a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent health assessment and clinical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a member of an inter-disciplinary team.
• Experience in the development and delivery of health education and health promotion programs.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Experience and understanding of rural communities and rural health needs.

Reporting Relationship: The successful candidate will report to the Senior Manager, Primary Care.

HOW TO APPLY: Qualified candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and resume detailing their qualifications and interest in the position. Application deadline is August 7, 2026. Applications should be sent to the attention of Nicole Dubuc-Cotton @ ndubuc-cotton@connectwell.ca

ConnectWell is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If at any stage in the selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Nicole Dubuc-Cotton to let us know how we can assist you.

ConnectWell Community Health is also committed to equity, diversity and inclusivity and we encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples, racialized persons/persons of colour and those who identify as women, persons with disabilities and LGBTQ+ persons.

Although we appreciate all responses, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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