Licensed Practical Nurse Acute

Interior Health Authority; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional health authority in Kelowna is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for the Surgical 4 West team. Join a dynamic environment offering competitive wages and extensive benefits, including employer-paid training and a Municipal Pension Plan. This casual position features flexible hours and the chance to support a multidisciplinary team in providing top-notch patient care. Explore a fulfilling career while enjoying the scenic Okanagan region. Apply today to start your journey with us!

Benefits

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Employer paid training/education opportunities

Generous Vacation Entitlement

Employer Paid Health Benefits

Municipal Pension Plan

Shift Premiums

Competitive wages

Qualifications

• Perform assessments and collaborate on patient care plans.
• Administer oral, subcutaneous, and intramuscular medications.
• Operate within competency guidelines set by BCCNM.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal and nursing care to patients.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and procedures.
• Participate in team nursing for effective patient outcomes.

Skills

Patient care

Medication administration

Collaboration with multidisciplinary team

Education

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) designation

Job description

Overview

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Practical Nurse to join our Surgical 4 West team at the Kelowna General Hospital in Kelowna, B.C.

What We Offer

Interior Health (IH) is committed to achieving a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the communities we serve, and where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Well-being and work life balance is promoted within the IH team, and our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our primary goal of increasing the health and well-being of everybody in the Interior Health region from our employees to the population we serve.

We offer a range of employee benefits and services to support you at every stage of your career:

• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Employer paid training/education opportunities
• Generous Vacation Entitlement
• Employer Paid Health Benefits
• Municipal Pension Plan
• Shift Premiums
• Competitive wages

A first in Canada: minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios (mNPRs) are starting in B.C.! Interior Health, alongside other health authorities, is implementing mNPRs as a transformative staffing solution that aims to improve the working environment of nurses in order to provide better quality care to our patients.

About The Job

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN):

• Performs assessments and plans, implements and provides personal and nursing care to patients in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team; the scope or extent of the skills that the LPN performs varies according to the predictability of the outcome for a given client population
• Administers oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular medications in accordance with pharmaceutical and organizational policies and procedures
• Operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and full scope of practice within the Standards of Practice as outlined by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), and according to organizational policies, procedures, standards and unit specific protocols

This is a Casual opportunity. Casual Employees are not guaranteed hours of work and can range from 0-37.5 hours per week on an as-needed basis.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights; rotating from 07:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 07:00 hours.

About this location/unit

Interior Health has embarked on an expansion plan to meet increasing demands, expand health services, and enhance patient care in the Okanagan. Construction of the six-storey, Centennial Patient Care Tower was completed in May 2012. It includes an expanded emergency department and ambulatory care department, five new operating rooms, a rooftop helipad, an expanded adult inpatient psychiatric unit, and extra space for more patient beds in the future. Kelowna General Hospital is the site of the brand new clinical academic campus for the University of BC Medical School.

4W-Surgical is a fast-paced, high turnover, 36 bed (plus 1 overflow beds) orthopedic and neurosurgery and trauma unit. 4W is team based nursing with RN/LPN teams plus a float LPN on both days and night shifts.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers as well as one of B.C’s Top Employers!

Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work? Apply Today!

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