Footcare Nurse (Independent Contractor)

LMC Healthcare; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

LMC Healthcare, located in Ottawa, is looking for a dedicated Footcare Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team. This independent contractor role involves providing high-quality footcare to patients in a supportive environment that encourages professional development.

Qualified candidates must have current nursing registration, professional insurance, and a completion certificate in relevant specialty areas. We are committed to accessible services and invite applicants to apply via email.

Qualifications

• Must have current unrestricted registration with your provincial or territorial nursing regulatory body.
• Must have professional insurance coverage.
• Must have a certificate of completion in one or more complementary specialty areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide footcare both independently and as part of a team.
• Ensure compliance with current legislation and professional standards.
• Maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information.

Skills

Current unrestricted registration

Professional insurance coverage

Advanced footcare certification

Diabetes education certification

Wound care certification

Infection Prevention and Control certification

Dedication to ongoing education

Knowledge of agency policies and procedures

Education

Completion of relevant nursing courses

Job description

Would you like to work as a Footcare Nurse within a multidisciplinary clinic including Canada’s largest group of Medical Specialists? If so, LMC Footcare is here to offer you an exciting opportunity.

LMC Healthcare is Canada’s largest specialist care provider in diabetes, endocrinology & metabolism. With over 15 multi-disciplinary centres and 20 clinical research sites, we are transforming diabetes care by making it more accessible, comprehensive, and patient‑centric than ever before.

At LMC Footcare, part of LMC Healthcare, we are committed to provide care and treatment to all types of patients with simple to complex footcare concerns.

Currently, our team is looking for a Footcare Nurse who can work with us as an independent contractor at our LMC Ottawa location, with the ability to add days. This position is perfect for someone who is looking to become part of a wonderful team of clinicians and skilled multidisciplinary healthcare professionals that fosters the environment of professional growth.

Job Summary

The Footcare Nurse will be working as a key member providing footcare, working both independently as well as within a team to provide footcare to patients.

Nursing Skills

• Must have current unrestricted registration with your provincial or territorial nursing regulatory body.
• Must have professional insurance coverage.
• Must have a certificate of completion in one or more of the following complimentary specialty areas:
  • Advanced footcare
  • Diabetes education
  • Wound care
  • Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC)

Foot Care Skills

• Dedication to ongoing yearly continuing education.
• Competent and compliant foot care nurse as per current and relevant agency policies and procedures, provincial or federal legislation, regulations, professional standards and practice standards, such as per:
  • Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses (CAFCN) National Competencies for Advanced Nursing Foot Care in Canada.
  • Infection Prevention and Control Canada’s (IPAC Canada) guidelines, including ‘point‑of‑use sterility of critical, reprocessed foot care instruments for every client.’
  • Guidelines and standards within the scope of practice as defined by your provincial or territorial nursing regulatory body.
  • Privacy and confidentiality legislation.
• Successful completion of a medical reprocessing course(s) such as PHO, Canadian Standards Association course "Reprocessing Foot Care Devices", IPAC Canada, CDMR or equivalent is an asset.

LMC Healthcare is an organization committed to ensuring accessible services and communications to individuals with disabilities. Once an applicant has been selected for an interview, requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their accommodation needs known when contacted.

To apply to this opportunity, please email [e-mail]