Healthcare staffing in Pembroke and Renfrew County
RNs, RPNs and PSWs for long-term care homes, retirement residences and community programs across Pembroke and the Upper Ottawa Valley.
Where we cover around Pembroke and Renfrew County
Pembroke is the service centre for the Upper Ottawa Valley, on the Highway 17 corridor between Ottawa and North Bay.
- Pembroke — the city and the Highway 17 corridor.
- Petawawa — northwest, next to the garrison.
- Laurentian Valley — the surrounding township.
- Deep River and Chalk River — northwest on Highway 17.
- Renfrew and Arnprior — southeast, toward Ottawa.
- Cobden and Whitewater Region — southeast.
- Barry's Bay and the Madawaska Valley — southwest, with notice.
Coverage in any given community depends on who we hold near it, not on a map. Ask us about your site specifically and you will get a straight answer.
What staffing in Pembroke actually looks like
Renfrew County is a dense hospital market by rural standards — several small hospital corporations within an hour of each other — and it runs a paramedic-delivered primary care model that exists nowhere else in Ontario. Community paramedicine here is a funded, permanent service rather than a pilot, and a large share of county residents have no family physician. The practical effect is that community and home-based roles are a real and growing part of the staffing picture, not an afterthought to hospital and long-term care work.
Garrison Petawawa is twenty minutes away and brings the same dynamic as Trenton does in the Quinte area: a large, young, mobile population, a steady flow of credentialed military spouses looking for work, and a posting cycle that takes them away again. Good recruiting channel, real retention risk, and worth planning for rather than being surprised by.
Algonquin College's Pembroke campus runs personal support worker and practical nursing, including a pathway from PSW into practical nursing. That ladder is a genuine retention lever — people are more likely to stay in the area if the next step is available in town.
Roles we supply
Registered Nurses
Charge shifts, admissions and assessments, IV and complex wound care, unstable or declining residents.
Registered Practical Nurses
Medication and treatment rounds, assisted living and memory care, stable populations.
Personal Support Workers
Personal care, transfers, feeding, mobility and restorative programs.
Temporary and agency shifts
Single shifts, recurring lines, block bookings, vacancy cover, outbreak and surge.
Permanent recruitment
Direct-hire searches, including converting an agency worker you have already seen on your floor.
How we work with facilities
Settings we staff, who is responsible for what, credentialing and privacy.
Questions from Pembroke coordinators
Do you supply community and home-based staff as well as facility staff?
Yes, and in Renfrew County that is a bigger part of the picture than it is further south. Tell us the model and we will tell you what we hold.
How far up the valley will you travel?
Petawawa, Deep River, Cobden and Renfrew are all realistic. Barry's Bay and the Madawaska Valley need notice, and we will say so rather than accept and release.
Are the workers employed by you?
Yes. Payroll, source deductions, WSIB coverage and Employment Standards Act entitlements sit with Help Now Healthcare, not with your organization.
What happens if someone does not show?
One number, answered 24/7. A coordinator re-fills it, and if we cannot, you hear that from us immediately rather than at handover.
Do you also provide home care in Pembroke?
Yes, that is our other side of the business — personal support, nursing visits, respite and overnight care in private homes. Home care in Pembroke
Request staff in Pembroke and Renfrew County
Send the site, the roles, the shifts and the start date.
You get an honest answer on what we can cover, including the parts we cannot, and a written rate before anyone is scheduled.
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