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Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC®), through its Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Institute, is proud to partner with the Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care on a groundbreaking initiative to expand wound, ostomy, and continence care expertise across Ontario’s long-term care homes. NSWOCC Chief Executive Officer Cathy Harley and WOC Institute Academic Chair Dr. Kimberly LeBlanc joined the Honourable Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, Ontario’s Minister of Long-Term Care, for the announcement in Markham, Ontario. On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, NSWOCC Chief Executive Officer Cathy Harley and WOC Institute Academic Chair Dr. Kimberly LeBlanc joined the Honourable Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, Ontario’s Minister of Long-Term Care, for the announcement at Union Villa Long-Term Care in Markham, Ontario. This investment will enhance quality of life for residents by enabling faster, more convenient care while reducing emergency department visits and preventable hospitalizations. Expanding Clinical Capacity Across Ontario The Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care is funding enhanced training for 150 Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs)  through NSWOCC’s CNA-accredited Skin Wellness Associate Nurse (SWAN™) Program , as well as 600 Personal Support Workers (PSWs)  through NSWOCC’s CNA-accredited PSW and Caregiver Skin Health Education Course . This investment covers tuition and registration fees , as well as backfill support  for participating long-term care homes. Backfill funding will be administered through NSWOCC, ensuring staff can participate in training without compromising resident care. This initiative builds on previous provincial funding that supported 90 practical nurses and diploma-educated RNs to enroll in the SWAN Program earlier this year . Read the Government of Ontario announcement: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1006741/ontario-investing-37-million-to-expand-skin-and-wound-care-training-in-long-term-care-homes About the SWAN™ Program The CNA-accredited Skin Wellness Associate Nurse (SWAN™)  Program provides advanced education in wound, ostomy, and continence care, preparing RPNs to become clinical leaders and wound, ostomy and continence champions within their workplaces. Program Features (5 months): 26 online modules Self-directed clinical preceptorship Ongoing mentorship with CNA-certified NSWOCs Bi-weekly interactive learning sessions The 150 funded participants will join a dedicated SWAN cohort  separate from the regular Winter 2026 intake to ensure focused academic and mentorship support. SWANs are nationally recognized for their advanced knowledge and their essential role in preventing wounds, managing complex cases, and improving patient outcomes. About the PSW and Caregiver Skin Health Course This CNA-accredited 12-week online course equips PSWs with foundational skills in skin, wound, ostomy, and continence care, empowering them to identify early signs of skin breakdown and escalate concerns promptly. Course Overview: Format: 100% online, self-paced Time Commitment: 4–5 hours/week Modules: 8 interactive modules + resources and workbooks Support: Weekly mentorship with a CNA-certified NSWOC Accreditation: 10 CNA educational hours "We applaud the Ontario government for this investment in enhancing the skin and wound care knowledge of registered practical nurses and personal support workers, which demonstrates their commitment to quality improvement and sustainability. Through this action, the government is demonstrating their respect for the health and dignity of seniors living in Ontario." Catherine Harley, CEO, Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC) How to Apply For Registered Practical Nurses – CNA-Accredited SWAN™ Program Application Form: https://www.wocinstitute.ca/swan Deadline:  January 20, 2026, at 5:00 PM EST Eligibility:  Practical nurses or diploma-educated RNs employed in Ontario long-term care homes For Personal Support Workers – CNA-Accredited PSW and Caregiver Skin Health Course Application Form: https://www.wocinstitute.ca/psw Deadline:  January 10, 2026, at 5:00 PM EST Eligibility:  Personal Support Workers employed in Ontario long-term care homes

Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC) is proud to highlight the inspiring work of Amanda Sowiak, RN, BN, NSWOC, WOCC , a Nurse Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence (NSWOC) and dedicated member of our Indigenous Wound, Ostomy and Continence Health Core Program . Amanda serves as a Care Specialist and Educator  with the Blood Tribe Nation Department of Health , working out of the Levern Clinic in Alberta. Her compassionate care and clinical expertise recently led to an incredible success story — a two-year healing journey for a client whose life was forever changed by her dedication. The client suffered a severe foot infection after stepping on a nail while hunting, which developed into necrotizing fasciitis — a life-threatening condition that nearly cost him his limb. On the operating table, amputation seemed imminent, but the surgeon recognized a possibility to save the leg. Working closely with the care team, Amanda guided the complex wound care process and remained committed to the client’s healing journey every step of the way. After two years of perseverance, the wound has now fully closed — a testament to Amanda’s expertise, compassion, and the impact of specialized nursing care in community and Indigenous health settings. Watch the full, heartwarming video here:   https://vimeo.com/1132379758/2c934a0087?fl=pl&fe=sh Share Your Story Do you have an inspiring story to share — or know an NSWOC or SWAN who does?We’d love to help highlight your impact and share your journey with the broader community on our website and in our newsletter. Submit your story here: https://forms.office.com/r/Dm18419iQ6 Nominate a Member for the NSWOCC Membership Award You can also nominate an NSWOCC Member for the NSWOCC Membership Award! Please share the story of why this Member should be recognized — including details about their contributions, leadership, or achievements . You may provide examples, dates, and any relevant context to strengthen your nomination. Submit your nomination here:   https://membersnswoc.ca/award_nominations.phtml

Deadline: January 10, 2026 Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC®) is seeking passionate leaders to join our Board of Directors. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of wound, ostomy, and continence care in Canada while representing the voice of our members. Read below for the open positions and how to apply online at https://www.nswoc.ca/call-for-nominations . Open Positions: Executive Board: President-Elect Serves two years as President-Elect, commencing after the Annual Members Meeting on April 25, 2026, followed by two years as president, followed by one year as Past President. View the full role description online at https://www.nswoc.ca/call-for-nominations Secretary Term: 2 years, commencing after the Annual Members Meeting on April 25, 2026. Treasurer has the opportunity to run for an additional 2 years. View the full role description online at https://www.nswoc.ca/call-for-nominations Regional Directors NSWOCC is organized into five regions to ensure strong communication and local representation across the country. Each Regional Director is elected at the Annual Members Meeting and serves as both a voice for their region and a voting Board member. There is also a SWAN Director position, representing the voice of SWANs and SWAN Students, on the Board as a voting member. Term:  2 years, with the opportunity to run for an additional 2 years Regional Directors: Provide regional perspectives to national decision-making Host two regional meetings each year (in-person or virtual) Strengthen communication and connection between members and the national organization View the full role description online at https://www.nswoc.ca/call-for-nominations Open Positions: Ontario Regional Director Québec Regional Director Atlantic Regional Director NOMINATIONS DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2026 Required Nomination Forms If you are interesting in nominating someone to the NSWOCC Board of Directors, you must complete the Nomination Form on our website at https://www.nswoc.ca/call-for-nominations , which will be reviewed by the NSWOCC Nominating Committee Chair. ​ Once a nomination is received and reviewed by the Nominating Committee Chair, the candidate will be notified of their nomination and will be asked to complete the Nominations Acceptance and Consent to Serve Form online at https://www.nswoc.ca/call-for-nominations . If you have been nominated for an Officer or Regional Director Position, please complete the Nominations Acceptance and Consent to Serve Form online at https://www.nswoc.ca/call-for-nominations to complete the nomination process. ​ Please note that both forms must be completed by January 10, 2026 in order for a candidate to be an eligible nominee for election.​ ​ For any questions or inquires please contact office@nswoc.ca . Nominations to the NSWOCC Board of Directors will be considered based on meeting the NSWOCC Bylaw requirements. ​ NSWOCC By Laws 5.03: Board Director Qualifications ​ Directors shall: be an individual who is not less than eighteen years of age; be a Member of the Association for a minimum of two (2) years as a member in good standing; except Directors appointed pursuant to section 5.06, shall be a Member of the Association; not be an employee or representative of a company whose primary business involves the development, manufacture and sole distribution of products in the field of wound, ostomy and or continence care; not be a contractor of the Association; or not be a person who has been found by a court in Canada or elsewhere to be mentally incompetent, who has the status of a bankrupt, or who is an “ineligible individual” as defined in the Income Tax Act. Submission Deadline for each file: January 10th, 2026

Booking Calendar Booking Form Pre-Webinar Booking Infomation Post-Webinar NSWOCC WOC Institute Continuing Education Webinar Series Guide for Partners Introduction As a part of our commitment to continuing education for NSWOCs, SWANs, and other allied healthcare professionals, the NSWOCC Wound, Ostomy and Continence Institute hosts a series of 1-hour educational webinars throughout the year (excluding summer months) open to NSWOCC Members and the public. Depending on the topic and timing of the webinar, each webinar receives between 200-400 registrants and between 50-250 attendees live. Webinars receive registrants and attendees from across Canada and beyond. The majority of registrants and attendees are NSWOCC Members, while many other healthcare professionals attend too. We use Zoom Webinar to host all webinars. The cost to host a sponsored webinar is $2,000. Booking a webinar All webinars must be booked a minimum of 28 days in advance through the NSWOCC website on this page. When you book a webinar, you will reserve a full week block . This will ensure that other webinars will not be booked right before/after your webinar date or oversaturate our educational calendar. You can then choose the final date/time to host the webinar no later than 21 days in advance. Once a webinar is booked, NSWOCC will work with your company to create marketing material, promote the webinar to our mailing lists and over social media, and can help moderate the opening and Q&A portions of the webinar. We will also take care of sending certificates of attendance to attendees and editing & exporting the recorded webinar to be made available on our website. Certificates of attendance and the webinar recording are completed within 48 hours of the webinar. In the interest of providing equal opportunity to all industry partners, NSWOCC will not book a webinar with the same company more than twice in any 4-month span, unless a prior partnership agreement or Memorandum of Agreement has been signed. After booking, NSWOCC will reach out to your primary contact via email within 3 business days with a confirmation email for your webinar booking. If someone has already booked your selected date, NSWOCC will inform you that you have been added to a waiting list in the event of a cancellation or postponement. See below for more information. Booking Calendar (Available spots) Booking Infomation Offering an educational webinar in French and English As a commitment to offering education in both official languages, we strongly encourage hosting the education in both languages during two different sessions during your booked week. The cost to offer a webinar in both official languages will remain the same price as just booking one. Hosting a webinar at multiple hours to accommodate time zones As a commitment to offering equal access to education for members across Canada, we offer the opportunity to host your webinar up to two times during your booked week at different time slots. For example, you could host a webinar on a Wednesday at 12pm Eastern Time, then another one on either the same day, or a different day during the same week at 12pm Mountain Time. The times we recommend booking a webinar are: 12pm-1pm Eastern (9am-10am Pacific) 2pm-3pm Eastern (11am-12pm Pacific) 6pm-7pm Eastern (3pm-4pm Pacific) 7pm-8pm Eastern (4pm-5pm Pacific) Pre-Webinar Creating the digital promotional webinar flyer To create your digital promotional flyer, please provide the following information no later than 21 days before the webinar date: Webinar title 3-5 measurable learning objectives Each speaker(s): pronouns, full credentials, email, short biography, and headshot Emails for all company representatives you’d like to have added as panelists for the Zoom webinar Optional: provide a preferred cover photo in the JPG or PNG format that does not advertise a particular product or company Which registration fields you want to include (the default options are: First Name*, Last Name*, Email*, Organization, Job Title, City, Province*, Country*). * Indicates a mandatory field. NSWOCC will then create the first draft of the flyer, create the Zoom and event page for the webinar, then send your main company contact(s) to review and approved. Promoting the Webinar Once the final event page and promotional webinar flyer are approved, NSWOCC will prepare the promotions. NSWOCC will begin promoting the webinars no later than 2 weeks before the webinar date(s) over LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and by email to a dedicated mailing list (which includes previous webinar attendees and all NSWOCC Members). NSWOCC will then promote the webinar through the same channels one week before the webinar date(s). As the sponsoring company, you are absolutely welcome and encouraged to promote the webinar through your own channels as well. Pre-webinar Report Roughly two days before the webinar (unless you request it further in advance) NSWOCC will provide you with the Registration Report, including the contact information for each registrant who opts-in to have their information shared with NSWOCC and the sponsoring company. Post-Webinar Reports No later than 48 hours after the webinar (we usually try to do this by the following day), we will send your company the Registration Report, Attendee Report, Chat, Q&A Report, and Performance Report for the webinar. The contact information for each registrant who opts-in to have their information shared with NSWOCC and your company will be including in those reports. Certificates of Attendance and Webinar Recording We will also send an email to our mailing lists including to the registrants of the webinar with the webinar recording and directions for how to obtain a certificate of attendance for those who watch the webinar as a recording. We will send out the certificates of attendance to all those who attend the webinar live on Zoom automatically without them having to take an extra step. Post-Webinar Survey If you want to include a post-webinar survey as well, please send us the link to it and I will add it to Zoom to appear in the participants’ browser after the webinar ends, as well as within the post-webinar eblast. You are welcome to send out your own pre or post webinar email to your own mailing list and to the contact that are included in the webinar registration reports we send you; you won’t need to send NSWOCC any details for this. Pre-Webinar Post-Webinar Booking Calendar Webinar booking for 2026 is now available! To make a booking, please click the "book now" button beside the block and follow the next steps on the following page. March 16 to March 20, 2026 Book below March 23 to March 27, 2026 Book below March 30 to April 3, 2026 Book below May 11 to May 15, 2026 Book below September 7 to September 11, 2026 Book below September 21 to September 25, 2026 Book below October 5 to October 9, 2026 Book below October 12 to October 16, 2026 Book below Load more Booking Calendar Booking Form In the interest of providing equal opportunity to all Industry partners, NSWOCC will not book a webinar with the same company more than twice in any 2-month span, unless a prior partnership agreement or Memorandum of Agreement has been signed. After booking, NSWOCC will reach out to your primary contact via email within 3 business days with a confirmation email for your webinar booking. If someone has already booked your selected date, NSWOCC will inform you that you have been added to a waiting list in the event of a cancellation or postponement. Sponsoring Company/Organization Primary Contact Name Primary Contact Email Select the week you'd like to book Webinar Title Short description of the webinar topic 3-5 Measurable Webinar Learning Objectives Speaker name(s) and Credentials Speaker bio(s) Please note that if you do not have all of the above available yet, you will just need to provide the no later than 21 days before the webinar date: 3-5 measurable learning objectives Each speaker(s): full credentials, email, short biography, and headshot Emails for all company representatives you’d like to have added as panelists for the Zoom webinar Optional: provide a preferred cover photo in the JPG or PNG format that does not advertise a particular product or company Preferred registration fields (the default options are: First Name*, Last Name*, Email*, Organization, Job Title, City, Province*, Country*). * Indicates a mandatory field. Complete the booking Your content has been submitted. NSWOCC will be in touch with you in the next few business days. Booking Form

Job Listings Interested in posting a job on this page? Please fill out our job posting application. For any questions please contact Catherine Harley at office@nswoc.ca. Job Posting Application Registered Nurse (Skin, Wound, & Ostomy Care) - 15801 Queensway Carleton Hospital Ottawa, ON, Canada Posted Monday, November 24, 2025 Close Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Read Posting Details Clinical Nurse Specialist University Health Network 170 Emmett Ave, York, ON M6M 2J5, Canada Posted Monday, November 3, 2025 Close Thursday, November 6, 2025 Read Posting Details Clinical Nurse Specialist - Wound and Ostomy Care Scarborough Health Network 3050 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, ON M1P 2V5, Canada Posted Friday, October 10, 2025 Close Read Posting Details Chief Executive Officer, Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC®) Ottawa, ON, Canada Posted Monday, October 6, 2025 Close Read Posting Details SWAN Nurse opening Bayshore Healthcare Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Close Read Posting Details NSWOC Wound Care Nurse - Community ParaMed North York, ON, Canada Posted Friday, May 16, 2025 Close Read Posting Details Nurse Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence (NSWOC) Nova Scotia Health / Valley Regional Hospital North, 150 Exhibition St, Kentville, NS B4N 1C3, Canada Posted Friday, December 13, 2024 Close Read Posting Details Nurse, Wound Care Spectrum Health Care Mississauga, ON, Canada Posted Monday, November 3, 2025 Close Read Posting Details Registered Nurse - NSWOC VHA Home HealthCare Toronto, ON, Canada Posted Friday, October 31, 2025 Close Read Posting Details Infirmier(ère) clinicien(ne) spécialisé(e) en soins de plaie & stomothérapie Hôpital Montfort Ottawa, ON, Canada Posted Thursday, October 9, 2025 Close Read Posting Details Community NSWOC Nurse (NSWOC) Stay At Home Nursing Services Inc Posted Friday, September 12, 2025 Close Monday, October 13, 2025 Read Posting Details Infirmier(ère) clinicien(ne) spécialisé(e) en soins de plaie & stomothérapie Montfort Ottawa, ON, Canada Posted Thursday, May 29, 2025 Close Sunday, November 2, 2025 Read Posting Details Registered Nurse - Wound, Ostomy (ID: 30584) St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton - Charlton Campus 50 Charlton Ave E, Hamilton, ON L8N 1Y3, Canada Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Close Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Read Posting Details

< Back Registered Nurse (Skin, Wound, & Ostomy Care) - 15801 Queensway Carleton Hospital Ottawa, ON, Canada Full-Time $40.24 - $57.68/hr View Full Job Description How to Apply Please apply online at: Queensway Carleton Hospital Requisition No 15801 View Full Job Description Job Description Ensures the delivery of professional nursing care by utilizing evidence based nursing practice Establishes, provides, and evaluating clinical nursing care to patients and family Demonstrating critical thinking in the nursing process while collecting and interpreting data, planning, implementing, and evaluating the plan of care specific to skin, wound or ostomy Provides individual and group education to patients, families/caregivrs and team members Practising to the full scope of practice of the Registered Nurse within own level of competence Has the knowledge, skill and judgment needed to provide competent, evidence-based nursing practice that complies with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) Standards of Nursing Practice, QCH Policies and Procedures as well as the standards of care appropriate to his/her area of clinical practice. Demonstrates a commitment to professional continuing education activities Demonstrate QCH values: accountability, innovation, respect Requirements/Qualifications Registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree Current BCLS Graduate of a recognized Canadian wound/ostomy program i.e. Nurse Specialized in Wound Ostomy Continence Education PRogram (WOC-EP) International Interprofessional Wound Care Course (IIWCC) Certificate or equivalent Thorough knowledge of wound and ostomy products including indications, contraindictions and application Minimum of 3 years recent experience with skin, complex wounds and ostomy management Experience with stoma markings or willingness to learn stoma markings Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills Ability to understand, interpret and carry out verbal and written instructions in the English language Ability to work effectively within the nursing and inter-professional team Demonstrated computer competency PREFERRED: CNA Certification for Wound, Ostomy and Continence Care Experience with clinical documentation in an Electronic Health Record Membership in RNAO Experience as preceptor/mentor Company/Organization Description