West Bedford Transitional Health is Nova Scotia’s first transitional care centre, delivered in partnership with Nova Scotia Health. Our team provides specialized, person-centered care that helps patients safely transition from hospital to home and community living.
We are searching for a full-time Charge Nurse to join our Transitional Health team based in West Bedford, Nova Scotia.
As a Charge Nurse, you will be responsible for coordinating patient flow, supporting frontline staff, and ensuring safe, high-quality care delivery. Working closely with the interdisciplinary team, you will oversee admissions, discharges, staffing coordination, and day-to-day clinical operations while providing leadership, mentorship, and real-time problem-solving support to the nursing team.
This full-time opportunity offers a rare weekday nursing leadership schedule of Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. combining meaningful leadership impact with enhanced work-life balance.
Meaningful Benefits
You will be surrounded by supportive and talented team members who make our communities great places to live, work, and visit. As an established and respected organization in the healthcare sector, Shannex offers opportunities for growth, development, and advancement in an environment where integrity, teamwork, and safety are at the heart of everything we do. At the end of every day, you will know you’ve made a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and their families.. Additional benefits include:
- Salary range of: $83,096 - $105,416 annually
- Monday–Friday schedule offering enhanced work-life balance
- NSNU seniority
- NSHEPP pension
- Paid vacation accrual starting on your first day
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental benefits plan
- Free onsite parking
- Access to virtual healthcare 24/7 through the group health benefit plan
- Access to thousands of perks vendors and discounts through our WorkPerks program
- Opportunities for leadership development, continuing education, and career growth
- Recognition and Rewards for service excellence and safety
About You
In addition to placing high value on continuous improvement, collaboration and accountability, you bring:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
- Current registration, and active licensure with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing as a Registered Nurse (RN)
- Minimum of five years of clinical nursing experience
- You have demonstrated leadership in a fast-paced healthcare environments and are recognized for your strong communication, decision-making, coaching, and problem-solving skills
- Previous leadership or supervisory experience is considered an asset
- Ability to provide a clear criminal record and vulnerable sector check upon hire
