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There are Permanent Resident and Skilled worker opportunities for you and your family through Citizenship and Immigrations Canada's new fast tracked category for nurses. This federal skilled worker category allows nurses to bring their family with them to Canada to work for any employer and live in Canada as permanent residents in less than one year.
Our team will minimize delays and increase your applications success rate. There are over 30,000 pages on the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) website, and we will navigate the bureaucracy to simplify the process. Our experience and understanding of what CIC needs to see in the application from immigrants will minimize delays and Red Seal is available for questions and concerns via the phone, internet, and video conferencing.
In Canada, registered nurses provide direct nursing care to patients in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centres. They also work within the community as community health nurses.
Registered nurses, nurse practitioners and registered psychiatric nurses are highly respected and valued in Canada's public medical health system and internationally trained nurses are in great demand.
Red Seal Immigration Ltd. works with nurses to connect them with public and private health care providers, who need registered nurses, nurse practitioners and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) for high-paying nursing jobs. We assist with the Canadian nursing accreditation process so you can begin working as a registered nurse professional in Canada quickly.
If you are a foreign trained and accredited nurse considering immigrating to Canada to work as a traveling nurse or locum nurse, we can assist you with your immigration application. Contact Red Seal Immigration for more information.
Jobs for Nurses in Canada
Red Seal Immigration specializes in assisting people in preparing for a nursing career in Canada. Our staff has knowledge and experience with nursing regulating authorities in each province to obtain Canadian certification. By preparing you for employer expectations you will maximize your earning potential.
Red Seal Immigration has a sister company that has 20 years of recruitment experience. They have excellent contacts with Canadian hospitals, private clinics and community health care providers. Their requirements include: registered nurses (RN); nurse practitioners; clinical nurses; critical care nurses; registered psychiatric nurses (RPN); intensive care nurses; private duty nurses; occupational health nurses; community health nurses and nursing researchers.
Canadian registered nurse duties
In Canada, general duty registered nurses typically perform some or all of the following duties:
- Canadian registered nurses assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions
- Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
- Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician or according to established policies and protocols
- Monitor, assess, address, document and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions
- Operate or monitor medical apparatus or equipment
- Assist in surgery and other medical procedures
- May supervise licensed practical nurses and other nursing staff
- May develop and implement discharge planning process on admission of patients
- May teach and counsel patients and their families on health-related issues in collaboration with other health care providers.
- Canadian registered nurses may specialize in areas such as surgery, obstetrics care, psychiatric care, critical care, pediatrics, geriatrics, community health, occupational health, emergency care, rehabilitation or oncology.
- Nurse practitioners are independent care providers with a broader scope of practice relative to registered nurses.
- Occupational health nurses develop and implement employee health education programs and provide registered nursing care in private businesses and industry.
- Community health nurses provide health education and registered nursing care in public health units and through home visits, manage complex home care cases, participate in community needs assessment and program development, conduct disease screening and deliver immunization programs.
- Psychiatric nurses provide nursing care, supportive counselling and life skills programming to patients in psychiatric hospitals, mental health clinics, long-term care facilities and community-based settings.
- Nursing consultants provide consultative services to institutes, associations and health care organizations regarding issues and concerns relevant to the nursing profession and nursing practice.
- Nursing researchers engaged in research activities related to nursing are self-employed or are employed by hospitals, public and private organizations and governments.
- Clinical nurses provide leadership, advice and counsel on the provision of research-based care for specific patient groups within the care of particular health care organizations.