Registered Nurse, NRT and 5 East Toronto

Baycrest; Toronto; On-site; CAD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Baycrest Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Nursing Resource Team (NRT) and Complex Continuing Care Unit (5 East). This temporary full-time role supports flexible staffing and continuity of care across geriatric programs.

The RN will contribute to capacity management and provide high-quality, patient-centred care. The position requires current CNO registration, BCLS Level C with AED, and ideally a BScN.

Qualifications

• Current registration, in good standing, from the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) is required
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certificate, Level C - AED is required
• BScN preferred
• Previous geriatric experience preferred
• Ability to lead, organize, provide and delegate care activities for unit, clients, and families
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills
• Basic computer skills - Meditech, Word and Excel, RM&R Resource Matching and Referral

Responsibilities

• Provides sound clinical knowledge and assessment skills and delivers comprehensive client/family centred care from admission through discharge
• Plans for, delivers and evaluates nursing interventions, including medications administration and treatments within RN scope
• Provides client-centred care within inter-disciplinary team to support return to baseline functioning and discharge to the community

Skills

Clinical judgment

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Adaptability

Geriatric care experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

BScN preferred

Tools

Meditech

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

RM&R Resource Matching and Referral

Job description

Baycrest Hospital

has an exciting opportunity for a

Registered Nurse (RN)

Nursing Resource Team (NRT) and Complex Continuing Care Unit (5 East)

Posting Number: 10284

Position Type: Temporary Full-Time (approximately 12 months)

Shift Type: Day-Evening, alternate weekends

Bi-Weekly Hours: 75 Hours, 7.5 hrs/shift

Union: ONA

Hourly Pay Rate: $41.15 - $58.98

Date Posted: October 15, 2026

Internal Closing Date: October 22, 2026

About Us

At Baycrest Hospital, older adults receive specialized post-acute inpatient care informed by deep expertise in aging and brain health, delivered with compassion and clinical excellence.

The Nursing Resource Team (NRT) provides flexible staffing support across clinical programs to ensure safe, high-quality patient care. NRT nurses are deployed to units based on operational needs and patient acuity, requiring strong clinical judgment, adaptability, and the ability to integrate quickly into established teams. This role plays a critical part in maintaining continuity of care and supporting hospital-wide capacity management.

Job Summary

The Nursing Resource Team provides excellent specialized geriatric care across all programs in the Hospital including rehabilitation, complex continuing care, palliative care, in-patient psychiatry, behavioural neurology, and transitional care. NRT offers a dynamic opportunity to practice and hone both clinical and organizational skills across a number of different care settings, while supporting the broader needs and demands of the organization. This opportunity is ideal for motivated, adaptable critical thinkers, who are passionate about geriatric care. Our NRT staff are well known and respected for their role within the Hospital community.

The Complex Continuing Care Unit (5East) provides care for older patients with complex medical conditions in a non-acute hospital setting. The Complex Continuing Care Program helps patients and their families identify strategies that support quality-of-life goals as well as short term and long term care needs.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides sound clinical knowledge and assessment skills, acts as clinical expert and resource and provides comprehensive, quality client/family centred health care services from admission, through transfers and discharge
• Plans for, delivers and evaluates nursing interventions, including medications administration as well as treatments which fall within the RN’s scope of practice
• Provides client-centred care within interdisciplinary care team to meet the personal care, activation, recreation and spiritual needs of clients in supporting their return to the base line functioning and discharge to the community

Qualifications include but are not limited to:

• Current registration, in good standing, from the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) is required
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certificate, Level C - Automated External Device (AED) is required
• BScN preferred
• Previous geriatric experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to take professional accountability for leading, organizing, providing and delegating care activities for the unit, clients and families
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills
• Basic computer skills - Meditech, Microsoft Word and Excel, RM&R Resource Matching and Referral preferred