Working with Fairmount Home

We know that people qualified for work in the healthcare sector are in higher demand now than ever before. Nursing staff, personal support workers, and support staff have a potentially bewildering array of job choices. We think Fairmount Home stands out among other workplaces in healthcare and in long-term care, so we invite you to consider applying to Fairmount Home for your next — or first — job in long-term care.

Fairmount is a place where people come first. Just a few qualities that distinguish ours from other workplaces:

• Competitive wages, higher than most acute care positions in the region
• Comprehensive benefits
• Flexible work schedule
• Time to build real interpersonal connections with residents, their families, and staff
• Options for job specialization, leadership development, and career advancement
• Positive, collaborative work environment
• Convenient rural location
• Free parking
• Fairmount Home and Frontenac County are committed to principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Municipally operated and funded

Click here to browse current opportunities to work with Fairmount Home.



Our location: Fairmount Home is situated at 2069 Battersea Road in Glenburnie. It's a short, five-minute commute north of Highway 401, Exit 619 at Kingston. Inverary is a 12-minute drive north. Sydenham is about 20 minutes to the northwest. Fairmount sits on a hill surrounded by beautiful farm- and pastureland. There is a beautifully groomed woodland walking trail behind the buildings. There's ample free parking for employees. It is a great location for those who want easy access to city conveniences while working in a beautiful pastoral setting.

We know that people qualified for work in the healthcare sector are in higher demand now than ever before. Nursing staff, personal support workers, and support staff have a potentially bewildering array of job choices. We think Fairmount Home stands out among other workplaces in healthcare and in long-term care, so we invite you to consider applying to Fairmount Home for your next — or first — job in long-term care.

Fairmount is a place where people come first. Just a few qualities that distinguish ours from other workplaces:

• Competitive wages, higher than most acute care positions in the region
• Comprehensive benefits
• Flexible work schedule
• Time to build real interpersonal connections with residents, their families, and staff
• Options for job specialization, leadership development, and career advancement
• Positive, collaborative work environment
• Convenient rural location
• Free parking
• Fairmount Home and Frontenac County are committed to principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Municipally operated and funded

Click here to browse current opportunities to work with Fairmount Home.



Our location: Fairmount Home is situated at 2069 Battersea Road in Glenburnie. It's a short, five-minute commute north of Highway 401, Exit 619 at Kingston. Inverary is a 12-minute drive north. Sydenham is about 20 minutes to the northwest. Fairmount sits on a hill surrounded by beautiful farm- and pastureland. There is a beautifully groomed woodland walking trail behind the buildings. There's ample free parking for employees. It is a great location for those who want easy access to city conveniences while working in a beautiful pastoral setting.

  • Fairmount Home earns three-year CARF accreditation renewal

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    The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an international accreditor of health and human services, has awarded Fairmount Home staff top marks after this year’s consultative accreditation process.

    “Accreditation is a team effort among staff, volunteers, residents, families, and management,” says Fairmount Home Administrator, Susan Brant. “It’s only by working together that we continue to be a home of choice for our residents, staff, and volunteers. I want to thank everyone for their contributions to the success of this important process.”

    CARF accreditation represents objective, expert assurance that Fairmount staff demonstrate conformance with internationally accepted standards for care. It’s one example of the work Fairmount staff does to assure residents, resident families, insurers, funders, and government that Fairmount meets the highest standard for quality of care.

    There are three tiers of CARF accreditation: provisional, one-year, and three-year. Fairmount staff earned the highest of those, three-year accreditation. The rigorous accreditation process can take a year or more to complete and includes a self-evaluation component, detailed reporting on conformance to CARF standards, and a detailed site survey of the home by a CARF survey team.

    “Fairmount Home showcases that it uses the CARF standards to the benefit of the residents, families, staff members, and other stakeholders,” reads the CARF accreditation report. “It is committed to quality resident care and services, as reflected in its principles and values. Residents, families, and staff members expressed high levels of satisfaction and felt that Fairmount Home was truly their “home.””

    Fairmount Home staff and residents and Frontenac County staff with CARF accreditation surveyors at Fairmount Home, September 25.

    Click here to learn more about accreditation at Fairmount.

    Click here to learn more about The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

  • Fairmount hosts CARF International surveyors, Sep 25

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    There’s a fine group representing all the areas of resident care and County of Frontenac services for Fairmount Home. They gathered at Fairmount last week with expert guest surveyors from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International (CARF). It was a full-day of tours, meetings, and activities describing all aspects of Fairmount operations to our CARF surveyors.


    It’s all about earning and maintaining CARF accreditation for Fairmount: A seal of trust and commitment to quality based on internationally accepted standards. We know Fairmount staff are leaders in their fields when it comes to providing the very best possible patient care. CARF accreditation is just one way to prove it through independent peer review.

    Fairmount last earned top-tier three-year CARF accreditation in 2023. Click here to read all about it.



    We’re hoping to earn CARF accreditation again this year. Many thanks to our CARF surveyors. We’ll let you know how we did as soon as we know.

  • Fairmount BPSO Champions symposium held March 25

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    The Fairmount team of Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) Champions had a productive training and collaboration session with our colleagues and mentors from Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario as part of our BPSO designation journey, March 25.



    BPSO designation and our partnership with RNAO is all about fostering and formalizing evidence-based health interventions to better support Fairmount residents and families.

    Many thanks to everyone who participated and facilitated! None of this can happen without you.

    Click here to learn more about Fairmount's BPSO work.


  • Fairmount holds RNAO/BPSO open house event, Feb 7

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    A few shots here from the Fairmount Home Fun in the Sun RNAO/BPSO Open House, February 7.

    There were delicious tropical treats, a little music, and lots of information about Fairmount’s BPSO designation journey.

    Fairmount is a Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) pre-designate. Learn more about that important work . . .


    BPSO designation is a longstanding knowledge translation strategy that helps optimize health outcomes at the individual, organizational and health system levels. This program gives health service and academic organizations the opportunity to formally partner with RNAO – or an approved "Host" organization – to achieve “designation” as a BPSO. The BPSO designation can then be renewed every two years after meeting specific deliverables.

  • Ontario Expanding the Role of Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses

    TORONTO — The Ontario government is making it easier and more convenient for people to connect to the care they need. Upcoming regulation changes will expand the scope of practice for nurse practitioners and registered nurses to order more tests and provide additional services in a variety of settings including hospitals, interprofessional primary care teams and long-term care homes.

  • Fairmount nursing professionals progress on RNAO Best Practice Spotlight Organization designation journey

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    The foundational work toward Fairmount’s Registered Nurses Association of Ontario(External link) Best Practice Spotlight Organization(External link) designation is underway and proceeding as planned.

    So far, Fairmount RPN Tammy McConnell presented on wound care and healing during a BPSO virtual Learning Circle event, August 13. Fairmount’s Wound Care Committee have already recommended a pressure injury risk assessment for all residents on admission. Fairmount’s Director of Resident Care Emily Shoniker, and Assistant Director of Care Payton Hunt attended an RNAO Clinical Pathways launch event, September 11. And the Fairmount nursing team have already surpassed their RNAO Best Practice Champions Network(External link) training target for the year.

  • Fairmount Home earns RNAO BPSO pre-designation

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    Fairmount Home held a very special launch event June 18 to mark the home's Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) pre-designation.

    Frontenac County Deputy Warden Ron Vandewal hosted MPP Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP John Jordan, Frontenac County Councillors, and many Fairmount residents and staff. A great time was had by all. Thank you all who attended and participated.
    Fairmount's Tammy McConnel, Deputy Warden Ron Vandewal, Fairmount Administrator Susan Brant, Fairmount Director of Care Emily Shoniker, Fairmount Resident Alison Ahara, Fairmount's Rebecca McEwen, MPP John Jordan, and Fairmount's Anna Campbell cut the ribbon on Fairmount's RNAO BPSO effort, June 18.

    “It’s a great honour for us to be selected as a BPSO pre-designate,” says Rebecca McEwen, Attending Nurse Practitioner at Fairmount and the home’s BPSO lead. “The hard work and dedication that goes into achieving BPSO designation is an important example of how the people who work with Fairmount consistently exceed the professional standards for resident care and administration in long-term care.”

    John Jordan, MPP Lanark, Frontenac-Kingston, addresses the crowd at the June 18 celebration at Fairmount Home.

    BPSO pre-designation is an enduring professional partnership between Fairmount Home and the RNAO. It’s all about independent peer review and ensuring that Fairmount Home’s nursing staff continue to achieve the highest level of state-of-the-art care for residents. It’s just the beginning of a long BPSO journey for Fairmount. When full BPSO designation is achieved, it will signal that Fairmount exceeds professional standards for resident care. It’s independent confirmation that Fairmount nursing professionals are professional leaders among long-term care homes in Ontario.

    Janet Chee, RNAO Associate Director, LTC Best Practice Program, addresses attendees in a video submission, June 18.
    BPSO is an internationally respected knowledge strategy to optimize health outcomes at the individual, organizational, and health system levels. The BPSO program gives Fairmount the opportunity to formally partner with the RNAO to achieve prestigious BPSO designation. It will take at least three years of rigorous work for Fairmount nursing professionals to meet the specific deliverables required to earn full BPSO designation.


    Among those deliverables for Fairmount are fulfilling best-practice requirements in three main areas: Person and Family Centred Care, Transitions in Care and Services, and Assessment and Management of Pressure Injuries for the Interprofessional Team.

    Tammy McConnel, Rebecca McEwen, Shaila Aranha (RNAO LTC Best Practice Implementation Coach), Emily Shoniker, Anna Campbell, prepare to cut the cake at the June 18 RNAO BPSO launch event at Fairmount Home. The BPSO program is proven to encourage evidence-based culture, improve resident experience, enrich staff satisfaction, and lower costs. The overarching aim of the partnership between Fairmount Home and RNAO is to support evidence-based health interventions to better support Fairmount residents and families.

    The objectives of the BPSO designation program are:

    • Establish dynamic, long-term partnerships that focus on making an impact on resident care through supporting evidence-based practice.
    • Demonstrate creative strategies for successfully implementing Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) at Fairmount.
    • Establish and use effective approaches to evaluate implementation activities through structure, process, and outcome indicators.
    • Identify effective strategies for home-wide dissemination of BPG implementation and outcomes.
    • Support achievement of the Quadruple Aim and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.




  • Ontario Learn and Stay Grant covers expenses for nursing students in Frontenac

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    Are you considering a career in Nursing because you want to contribute to and give back to friends, neighbours, and family in your local area? The Ontario Learn and Stay Grant provides funding for tuition, fees, books, and supplies for students studying in priority postsecondary Nursing programs in our region.

    Study Nursing at St. Lawrence College, Queen’s University, Loyalist College, Algonquin College, La Cité Collégiale, or the University of Ottawa then apply to come work with us at Fairmount Home.

    Follow the link for details and application pathways -> https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-learn-and-stay-grant

    Learn more about working with Fairmount Home -> https://engagefrontenac.ca/working-with-fairmount-home


  • SLC receives national accreditation for BSc Nursing Program

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    St. Lawrence College (SLC) is proud to announce that its Bachelor of Science Nursing (BScN) program is the first college in Ontario to be granted accreditation by the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) for a stand-alone BScN degree. This accreditation solidifies the College's commitment to excellence in nursing education and ensures that its program meets rigorous standards of quality and effectiveness.

  • RN prescribing program coming to St. Lawrence College

    KINGSTON WHIG-STANDARD - St. Lawrence College is one of seven Ontario colleges that will be offering training to registered nurses that will qualify them to prescribe medications under certain conditions.

    The training, which will take place through the college’s Continuing Education online platform starting in January, is in response to the provincial government’s announcement earlier this year that it would allow RNs to prescribe medications for certain conditions — such as contraception, immunizations, smoking cessation and topical wound care — in settings such as long-term care and retirement homes.

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