ONTARIO Canada LPN Salary & Perks

sublime_huner · Jun 11, 2008

Is this a military move? If so, contact your garrison MFRC. They have contacts like you wouldn't believe.

Haha, no this isnt milltary move. My fiance would like to move there, because he has a job offer in Ontario. So, that's why I would be moving with him.

linzz · Jun 11, 2008

Hey Fiona59, the pay here is maybe higher than your province but there is so little job security for RPN's in most hospitals. Often hospitals here just arbitrarily decide that they will have an all RN staff and they lay off their RPN's or only offer casual hours. This usually doesn't work out but it is a lot of stress for those involved.

alx7 · Jun 17, 2008

Hello Sublime_huner. Unfortunately LINZZ is very much misinformed. I am a new grad RPN and there are plenty of opportunities in ontario for RPNS to work at their full scope of practice in hospitals and earn an above average income. For example, St joes in hamilton, Hamilton Health Sciences, Grandriver hosp in kitchener, Trillium health in missauga, toronto east general, Joseph Brant in Burlington (to name a few) all have opportunities for RPNS. It is a great time to be an RPN as our scope of practice has expanded. I would recommend trillium health in mississauga over oakville trafalgar as they pay more and have plenty of opportunities available. Of course there are hospitals with more of a RN focus but there is NO shortage of work for RPNS in hospitals in ontario. You just have to do your homework..I have two opportunities for full time positions in a local hospital in which I will most likely be applying for. If you need any other information, please feel free to ask me....a fellow RPN :)

Elly · Jun 27, 2008

Guess it depends where you live......I'm in windsor and RPN full time jobs are hard to find..........Part time temp jobs, you can get .........I.ve worked with some RPN that have 7-8 years seniority and still cant get full time positions................ Out rate of pay is approx $22 and change per hour............

linzz · Jun 27, 2008

I must say that I am not misinformed according to alx7, it is very difficult for RPN's that are not new grads to find full time work as new grads are given full time positions for 7.5 months which are funded by the ministry of health. I wish I was wrong but I have heard from enough RPN's with experience that are having a tough time finding full time hospital work. I have been an RPN for 2 years and most of my family is in healthcare so I have a good idea of the situation here in Ontario.

suzanne4, RN · Jun 27, 2008

Hello Sublime_huner. Unfortunately LINZZ is very much misinformed. I am a new grad RPN and there are plenty of opportunities in ontario for RPNS to work at their full scope of practice in hospitals and earn an above average income. For example, St joes in hamilton, Hamilton Health Sciences, Grandriver hosp in kitchener, Trillium health in missauga, toronto east general, Joseph Brant in Burlington (to name a few) all have opportunities for RPNS. It is a great time to be an RPN as our scope of practice has expanded. I would recommend trillium health in mississauga over oakville trafalgar as they pay more and have plenty of opportunities available. Of course there are hospitals with more of a RN focus but there is NO shortage of work for RPNS in hospitals in ontario. You just have to do your homework..I have two opportunities for full time positions in a local hospital in which I will most likely be applying for. If you need any other information, please feel free to ask me....a fellow RPN :)

Sorry, but I do not agree with your take on this either. Just because a facility has postings, or heard thru the grapevine, does not mean that they have opportunities for new grads as the RPN. We are just not seeing it happening. And sure you may have had two offers, but wait and see if they pan out.

It is one thing to post something and even make an offer, if is another thing to actually get hired. Please let us know when you actually have a signed contract in hand as well as a start date. You may find that things are quite different.

And as I just read the ending of your post, there are jobs that you are going to be applying for, so that means that you have not been hired. That also makes a complete difference on what you are posting. Get hired and then come back and post here. But do not tell people that have been applying all over for the past two years or so that there are a ton of jobs all over Ontario, that is just not the case. You are also mentioning just one locale, that is also not all of Ontario either. So please do not post that there are jobs all over, they just do not exist. And the other thing that you need to be aware of, if a hospital has one opening, they are going to post for that and are actually required to by law, but that does not mean that the job is actually there, it could have gone to someone that was already working there and got their license and is now getting the job.

But the job still needed to be posted. And a job offer thru HR does not mean that the person will be accepted by the manager, or who ever is making the final decision.

Suspect that you are a new grad that has not even started the process at all. When nurse after nurse comes here and posts about things being one way and then you come and present things entirely different, please have something to back up what you are saying and an actual job contract in hand. You may find that things are entirely different.

Postings do not make a job.

Fiona59 · Jun 28, 2008

Basically, most health authorities across the nation have some type of new grad full time project. But at the end of the specified term you head back to the float pool.

I've known new grads who have taken permanent part time jobs because of the term dates and found rotations that they like as part timers with the option to pick up extra shifts and OT on designated days off.

Permanent full time jobs are basically filled via seniority and in house placement. The union requires that these positions be posted across the region in case there are qualified, experienced nurses who want them. As a part timer with seniority, I would get the full time position over a new grad who had worked in the "project" jobs and come to the end of their funded position.

LAROCCAMOM · Sep 29, 2009

is there a lpn shortage in canada at the moment:confused:

i was thinking of applying under the skilled workers after having the rn degree.

by that time i would have had a year in lpn and a bridge to rn, then move to canada, work there and go to school for the bsn.

ps. for personal reasons i won't be able to do the bsn in the us. :banghead:

thank you

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Sep 29, 2009

is there a lpn shortage in canada at the moment:confused:
i was thinking of applying under the skilled workers after having the rn degree.
by that time i would have had a year in lpn and a bridge to rn, then move to canada, work there and go to school for the bsn.
ps. for personal reasons i won't be able to do the bsn in the us.
thank you

it depends who you talk to. many people have posted to different threads that they're having a really hard time finding full time employment as lpns/rpns/rns almost anywhere in canada, and most especially in the areas that are most attractive to immigrants... toronto and vancouver. the list of skilled-worker occupations eligible for immigration does include lpns, but you have to realize that things change in real life and in real situations a lot faster than the government can respond to them, so that doesn't mean that there are jobs available or that local market opinions will be favourable.

i'm a little confused by this: "after having the rn degree" as i'm not sure what you mean by that. are you talking about an associate degree? and you mentioned "a year in lpn", does that mean you're working now as an lpn? in order to qualify for the skilled-worker work permit, you have to have a minimum of a year's experience as a listed skilled worker.

LAROCCAMOM · Sep 29, 2009

it depends who you talk to. many people have posted to different threads that they're having a really hard time finding full time employment as lpns/rpns/rns almost anywhere in canada, and most especially in the areas that are most attractive to immigrants... toronto and vancouver. the list of skilled-worker occupations eligible for immigration does include lpns, but you have to realize that things change in real life and in real situations a lot faster than the government can respond to them, so that doesn't mean that there are jobs available or that local market opinions will be favourable.
i'm a little confused by this: "after having the rn degree" as i'm not sure what you mean by that. are you talking about an associate degree? and you mentioned "a year in lpn", does that mean you're working now as an lpn? in order to qualify for the skilled-worker work permit, you have to have a minimum of a year's experience as a listed skilled worker.

janfrn,

i am about to start the lpn program, but i am researching information for future reference.

yes, i will be doing the lpn and then the rn, which it'll be a lpn to rn bridge. and yes i recall reading about at least one year experience.

again, thank you

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Sep 30, 2009

So then you're aware that if you do the LPN program and then come to Canada intending to bridge that you'll have to do a university degree program, right? By the time you've done all the things you plan to do, the entry to practice in Canada will be the baccalaureate degree across the board.

LAROCCAMOM · Sep 30, 2009

so then you're aware that if you do the lpn program and then come to canada intending to bridge that you'll have to do a university degree program, right? by the time you've done all the things you plan to do, the entry to practice in canada will be the baccalaureate degree across the board.

yes! thank you very much for your help. :yeah: