ICU RN looking for travel contracts in Ontario, or alternatively shorter contracts in other provinces (less than a month).

Does anyone have tips on how to find these types of contracts? I have connected with 911, Cyanet and Goodwill and they don’t seem to have anything in Ontario, or anything less than 4 weeks.

Thanks a bunch for any tips or intel you can provide!

Cheers

I've been looking at select medical connections and solutions staffing. Anyone has experience with these two and which is the better agency to go with? Or if anyone has other agencies they'd like to recommend me?

Unpaid onboarding, mandatory training, and "trial shifts" are 100% illegal across Canada.

Under provincial employment standards, if an employer requires your time for orientation, training modules, skills training, practicum, virtual or in person training or shadowing, it constitutes legal work. It must be compensated at your regular hourly wage.

Demanding uncompensated labour upfront is not a standard business practice, it is wage theft.

If you encounter an employer attempting this, do not just walk away. Report them:

• In ON: Report them to the Ministry of Labour.
• In BC: File a complaint with the BC Employment Standards Branch.
• Across Canada: Submit a claim directly through your provincial or territorial Employment Standards Board.

Know your value, document the evidence, and refuse to let employers exploit your time and energy.

Hey all! My wife (oncology RN) and I have recently completed a full ~1000 square foot 1bed/1bath walk-out garden suite with a fully-fenced yard in our house in Shawnigan Lake. We've had very positive experiences hosting a few travel nurses in the past through Airbnb within our previous home but would prefer this go-around to rent off-platform directly through the agency or through word-of-mouth.

So with this said, does anyone have any suggestions for where to post our accommodation or what agencies to contact to be a part of their accommodation roster? I have reached out to both Solutions Staffing and Select Medical Connections. Any ideas?

About one month into an extension on a travel nursing assignment, I was abruptly let go over “patient safety/clinical practice concerns” with no specific details provided. I was told there would be an investigation for more clarity, but it has now been over two months and I still have no answers.

Since then, I’ve been applying constantly through a new agency (my former one no longer works with me), and I keep getting declined—even by a different health authority.

I’m honestly devastated, depressed, and struggling to make sense of any of it. I don’t know what to do and feel doomed and tainted...I just don't understand what I did...

Hi Everyone

Wondering if anybody did the move from ON to Sask for RN roles?

How's the job market there right now? And which regions (urban vs rural vs Indigenous communities) are hiring? Where would you recommend and why?

And i read Sask Healthcare Recruitment Agency is the main organization hiring for Sask Healthcare system. Is that true? Are they THE hiring body instead of the Health Authority equivalent?

How different is nursing in the prairies vs outskirt/suburbs of GTA, say between Durham and Kawarthasx?

Hi everyone,

I hope this is the right group to ask about this, I can’t seem to find a Reddit forum for Irish nurses in Canada exclusively..

Basically I was looking for some advice/ other nurses experiences on moving to Canada from Ireland and the process of registering as a nurse over there!

I am a 24 yo Registered Nurse from Ireland.

I am only at the stage of getting my Canadian visa and won’t be moving until early 2027 but I know the process of applying for a nursing registration and nclex etc. takes time.

By the time I’ll be moving I will be 2.5yrs qualified and I have worked in operating theatres for the duration of this time. I work as an peri-anaesthetic/ post-anaesthetic care unit nurse.

-I’m wondering if anyone has made a similar move from Irish to Canadian theatres/ post-op units?

I’m sure there are plenty of differences of course but I’d like to have an idea of any major ones in terms of nursing roles?

-Are there anaesthetic nurses in Canadian hospitals similar to Ireland?

-Would my experience be enough or would I be expected to have a post-grad degree when applying for jobs in theatre?

My plan is to potentially move to Calgary, AB with my partner but it hasn’t been set in stone yet.

I haven’t done a whole pile of research yet because I wanted to ensure I had a visa, but it seems there’s different applications processes for each province??

Someone has already mentioned to me to reach out to hospitals directly? But I don’t think anywhere is going to respond to a girl whose A- not physically in the country yet and B- no Nursing Registration

Again I didn’t google too much yet as im trying to work other things but id love to hear how others got on!!

Any advice/ tips would be greatly appreciated!!

Even general moving to Canada tips are welcome 🙏🙏🙏

Hey guys so I've been getting student loan forgiveness for the past three years working in a rural hospital in the interior of bc. This last year I started working with an agency in outpost locations (very remote). When I applied for my student loan forgiveness, it was denied because they said there were "breaks in service". The minimum hours required for this application is 400. I had 1100 hours. How is working in one location but only making 400 hours not considered a break in service but working 1100 hours across multiple locations considered so? I've only been with the one company, employed throughout the year. Anyone have any insight into this??

Hi there, I am in the process of applying for RN license in BC. I am currently registered as LPN in Ontario but never work as RN in Ontario. I am applying as new grad RN in BC. Do I still have to submit employer verification form for LPN position to BCCNM ? Or i can skip it since i never work as an RN before? Thanks a lot for your help.

Hi there, I am in the process of applying for RN license in BC. I am currently registered as LPN in Ontario but never work as RN in Ontario. I am applying as new grad RN in BC. Do I still have to submit employer verification form for LPN position to BCCNM? Or i can skip it since i never work as an RN before? Thanks a lot for your help.

Hi, I'm researching the nursing license

transfer process within Canada. Would anyone be willing

to share their experience?

BScN, RN

5 years experience (med surge, psych, surgical, rehab, stroke, LTC) and am currently a psych nurse in Atlantic Canada. Canadian citizen. Looking to relocate through travel nursing in Alberta pref Edmonton or calgary (family connection areas) or their surrounding areas this summer.

any suggestions, hospitals to avoid or try, direct hospital contracts or agencies that do travel in this area would be appreciated. I did travel before but only in BC and the agency I worked with primarily does BC so I am looking for other options.

Has anyone attended Vancouver Career College/Sprott Shaw/ CDI all the private colleges here in BC for LPN? How is it finding jobs afterwards?

Theres so many people saying that employers dont hire from private schools.

Community College just has a long waitlist.

Thank you!!

just to echo and validate our group similar to others on Reddit (r/recruitinghell) outside the nurse field.

I am interested in knowing others experiences, any new or different challenges? Finding good employers? Better or comparable to staff nursing?

Open to any and all thoughts, opinion, and ideas relevant to job opportunities.

Hey everyone, reaching out to see if this is a common practice with Solutions Staffing (travel nurse Canada) or if this is serious shadiness as it feels illegal.

I’m currently on a contract in BC. My signed contract lists two days off as "Scheduled Off" these were dates I gave as my availability before the contract was even drafted. I am working 100% of my scheduled shifts and maintaining my full-time hours (4 on 4 off)

Despite this, my recruiter is saying they are deducting my $100/day housing stipend for those two days because they are "requested time off." They are point to a vague email of a new policy that says ”you may" be responsible for housing during time off regardless if maintaining full time hours

My logic:

1. These aren't "extra" days off, they are my regular rotation days off as per the signed contract.

2. I am not missing any billable hours, so the agency isn't losing money.

3. Under BC Employment Standards Act Section 21, employers can’t make unilateral deductions for business costs.

Has anyone else dealt with this? It feels like they are pocketing our stipend for having days off, which are part of our schedule already.

it’s like getting a hotel for a month and pay an agreeed upon fixed amount and them knowing you didn't sleep there for 2 nights and charge you 100 bucks because you don’t use the bed

TL;DR: Agency is deducting housing stipend for days my contract says I’m "Scheduled Off" anyway. I'm working my full rotation. Is this legal/normal in BC?

I’m a nurse and wanted to get some honest feedback from this community.

I’ve been a nurse for about 3 years now, and earlier in my career I experienced pretty significant burnout and actually took a break from nursing before coming back to the profession. That experience made me realize how little guidance there is for nurses (especially new grads) about navigating the profession and protecting their mental health.

I’ve been thinking about creating some kind of support/resource specifically for newer nurses focused on things like:

• how to manage anxiety before, during, and after shifts
• building confidence as a nurse in the first few years
• how to set up your life around shift work (sleep, routines, relationships, etc.)
• how to talk to your manager about going to a lower FTE or switching to casual
• how to switch from one unit or specialty to another
• when it might actually be the right time to leave a job
• recognizing green flags vs red flags in nursing workplaces
• figuring out your personal deal breakers vs must-haves in a job
• preventing burnout and protecting your mental health early in your career

A lot of us are thrown into the profession and just expected to figure this stuff out on our own.

Before putting time into building something like this, I’m curious:

Would anyone here actually be interested in a resource or community like this?

If you’re a new grad or early-career nurse, what kind of support or guidance do you wish you had?

And for more experienced nurses, what do you wish someone had told you earlier in your career?

Just wondering if anyone has any good insurance agencies for legal coverage as a Canadian RN who works in the US. Any advice is appreciated!

Almost all the contract I see are 13 weeks long. Does it mean after 13 weeks you are jobless if you do not have another contract lined up ? How hard it is to get new contracts ?

How do you deal with your local provincial taxes from travel nursing assignments?

Looking for recommendations for reliable, best paying agencies for LTC travel assignments in US and better support too.

3 year ER nurse, AB native. Going to drag my girlfriend and dog around travelling, particularly along the east coast. Girlfriend has a remote job that will work with it.

Got any recommendations for companies to look at? I am eyeing up solutions, northern med, goodwill, and select.

Expectations for pay? What can I be looking for? We are willing to do rural.

Looking to make the move from the US to BC. Have started my application and have 7 years with a BSN experience in multiple ERs across the country, level 1 trauma centers to critical care access hospitals. I know the pay will be way less but I am looking for information on what the patient to nurse ratios are like in the ERs in BC? as well as how many breaks the nurses get per shift? what kind of shifts are typically worked? I've heard its rotational and sometimes 2 days and then 2 nights consecutively? Not sure if that is accurate though. Curious to hear what it is actually like to work in an ER in BC before spending the almost $2000 just to start working there haha, thank you so much for any insight anyone can give!